A rapid process improvement workshop (RPIW) consists of a multidisciplinary team of frontline staff and physicians aimed at analyzing and improving common yet complex processes.6
The traditional name for an RPIW is a ‘‘Kaizen event’’ and typically takes place over the course of several days (4-5days).Educational content is provided for participants to aid in building their capacity to problem solve in their particular roles.
The ultimate goal is to develop and test new ideas during the workshop that could be adopted to create more reliable and efficient patient care processes. At the end of the RPIW, the team reports out to the organization the outcomes obtained through their improvement initiatives.