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Lean Six Sigma Healthcare Certification Program
Earn a Certified LSS Green or Black Belt
A Recognized Credential
Online & Asynchronous
Lean Six Sigma creates highly effective problem solvers with tactical and leadership skills to develop and implement solutions.
The Lean Six Sigma certification program provides attendees with the required skills and competencies to increase efficiency and decrease waste. Attendees will learn strategies to overcome barriers and implement best practices in the real-world environment.
For information on the application process, schedule a call with Program Director, Mary R. Cooper, MD, JD to discuss enrollment.
- The program includes everything you need to become a certified LSS Green Belt or Black Belt. We mentor you and you conduct a project in your organization and it is all online.
- The online certification program culminates in a certification exam.
- Green Belt certification can be completed in six months and includes one project. Black Belt certification can be completed in 12 months and includes completion of one project.
- Once you are certified by Jefferson, recertification is not required. If you have been certified by another group and require recertification, you can be recertified through this program. You will not need to recertify again after you have completed this program.
- Green Belts and Black Belts are recognized credentials used in multiple industries. Once you learn the skills, you can apply them anywhere.
Value-based reimbursement and consumer-driven markets serve as a catalyst for institutional and industry-wide change. Providers, especially healthcare delivery systems, are tasked with not only doing more with less, but doing things better as well. Healthcare continues to experience labor shortages, supply chain disruption, and other factors negatively impacting the healthcare industry. Lean Six Sigma addresses these issues by reducing non-value added costs and increasing quality through proven performance improvement methodologies.
- Identify health care tools to transform healthcare operations
- Design and implement the DMAIC model to drive performance improvement strategies at the system and process level
- Leverage data analysis to prioritize recommendations for healthcare performance improvement initiatives
- Execute rapid improvements to ensure success and sustainability
- Develop a strategic, systematic approach for evaluating and addressing operational opportunities for improvement in your care setting
- Integrate quality, safety, and transformation/ change management tools to promote efficiency
- Identify approaches for strategic execution of high priority opportunities
- Distinguish and leverage key elements of leadership
- Develop high-performing teams
Who Should Attend?
Clinical and operational leaders responsible for service delivery at their healthcare organizations: physicians, nurses, therapists, healthcare administrators, service line leaders, health IT specialists and analysts, integrated delivery system administrators and others.
Enrollment & Registration
Enrollment will take place in Spring, Summer and Fall cohorts.
Program Requirements
Students must have a Bachelor's degree to enroll in the Lean Six Sigma Belt Certification program. The program uses a cohort model. The Green Belt Certification requires the students to enroll in one Master's-level course. The Black Belt Certification requires students to enroll in an additional Master's-level course, following the first. All students start with the Green Belt Certification.
About Certification Requirements
| Title | Description | Estimated Time |
| Interactive eLearning | Jefferson College of Population Health - Fundamentals of Six Sigma DMAIC OPX 550 |
60 hours |
| Virtual Study Hall Sessions | Live virtual sessions to augment eLearning content. 5 total sessions, 2 hours each (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) | 10 hours |
| Operational Excellence Boot Camp | Two day OPX Boot Camp teaches the fundamentals of Lean Approaches to Improvement | 16 hours |
| Certification Exam | Approximately 100 questions | 3 hours |
| LSS Project | 1 Project let by LSSGB candidate. Project includes coaching/mentorship by Jefferson Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt with presentation to JCPH certification committee | 6 months |
Green Belt Certification Plus
| Title | Description | Estimated Time |
| Interactive eLearning | Jefferson College of Population Health - Advanced Fundamentals of Six Sigma DMAIC OPX 551 |
120 hours |
| Virtual Study Halls | Live virtual sessions to augment eLearning content. 5 total sessions, 2 hours each (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) | 10 hours |
| Advanced Operational Excellence Academy | Advanced Operational Excellence Boot Camp teaches more complex Lean Approaches to Improvement. | 16 hours |
| Certification Exam | Approximately 120 questions | 4 hours |
| LSS Project | 1 Project led by LSSGB candidate. Project includes coaching/mentorship by Jefferson Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with final presentation to the JCPH Certification Committee. |
12-15 months |
Competencies and Skill Sets Covered
Based on the National Center for Health Leadership (NCHL) Competency Model
- Analytical Thinking
- Process Management
- Innovative Thinking
- Performance Measurement
- Project Management
- Change Leadership
- Self-Development
- Organizational Awareness (Systems-Thinking)
Our Partnership with MoreSteam®
JCPH is proud to partner with MoreSteam for this certification program. MoreSteam is the leading global provider of online training certifications and technology for Lean Six Sigma. They work with individuals, universities, and businesses large and small to provide proven solutions that are right for them. From interactive training to process improvement software, they to help participants to work as efficiently and effectively as possible.