Insider: Owen Dahl on Process Improvements for a Medical Practice

In this episode of MGMA Insider, we speak with healthcare consultant and process improvement expert Owen Dahl, MBA, LFACHE, CHBC, LSSMBB. Dahl is a medical practice management consultant with more than 40 years of experience in consulting and managing medical practices. Much of his work deals with: * implementation of Lean and Six Sigma principles; * integration of hospital and physician programs; * and staff training in the areas of management and efficiency, In this conversation, he talks about the importance of processes in a medical practice, ways practices can become more efficient, and his thoughts on why the healthcare industry has overcomplicated the way it conducts business. Owen Dahl will lead a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate preconference program ahead of MGMA19 | The Annual Conference, Sunday, Oct. 13, in New Orleans. Register today at www.mgma.com/bigeasy19.

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