The Healthcare Sector includes the following Fortune 1000 industries: Medical Products & Equipment, Pharmacy and Other Services, Healthcare-Medical Facilities, and Wholesalers-Healthcare. The Healthcare-Insurance industry is included in the Insurance Industry List.
Fortune 1000 Healthcare Companies practicing Six Sigma:
Bausch & Lomb Baxter International Becton Dickinson Boston Scientific Cardinal Health |
McKesson Medtronic Quest Diagnostics St. Jude Medical Universal Health Services |
Although relatively few Fortune 1000 healthcare companies have implemented a formal Six Sigma program, many other companies in the Healthcare industry have embraced the methodology:
Adirondack Oral & Maxillofacial Alexandria Hospital Anthem Aspen Healthcare Metrics Bay Medical Center in Panama City, FL Berger Hospital BJC Healthcare Blood Systems Laboratories Bon Secours Health Systems Bryn Mawr Hospital Cardinal Health Carle Foundation Hospital Catheter and Disposables Technology (CDT) Catholic Healthcare West Charleston Area Medical Center CNA Insurance CNH Global Commonwealth Health Corporation Creative Healthcare Solutions CyMed Dade Behring Decatur Memorial Hospital Fairview Health Services FHP Health Care Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Milwaukee Good Samaritan Health System Health Alliance Heartland Health Johns Hopkins Luthern Memorial Mayo Clinic Mcleod Regional Medical Center MedCath Medrad Inc. MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. Morton Plant Mease Health |
Mount Carmel Health National Board of Medical Examiners New England Medical Center in Boston NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Park Nicollet Medical Center Parkview Hospital Pullman Memorial Hospital Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Hamilton Roche Diagnostics Scottsdale Healthcare Seton Medical Center Source Medical Solutions Spacelabs Medical St Francis Medical Center St. John Health (SJH) St. Jude Medical Stanford University Medical Center-Department of Radiology The Nemours Foundation Children’s Hospital Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Trinity Health University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Varian Medical Systems Veterans Affairs Medical Center Virtua Health Vytra Health Plans Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (a Care New England hospital) Yale-New Haven Hospital |
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