Speaker

Amy Edwards, RN, MSN

Corporate Director of Lean Transformation
Emory Healthcare

Amy Edwards currently serves as corporate director of Lean transformation for Emory Healthcare. Ms. Edwards started her career as a bedside nurse in pediatrics in 2002, progressing to advanced practice as a nurse practitioner in 2009. In 2005, she began using process improvement principles for a project for her nursing clinical ladder program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Since those early efforts to streamline process, she has held progressive leadership positions and joined Emory as a nursing specialty director in 2018. From 2018 to 2022, she partnered with organizational leaders to design and operationalize a 17-story cancer facility in Atlanta using Lean principles. Ms. Edwards lives in Atlanta with her two children and is an avid pickleball player.

Sessions

Tuesday, March 21
4:30–5:30 p.m.
68H - Utilizing Lean Methodology for Systemwide Deployment of Workforce Retention Strategies