Jennifer Blaha
Black Belt
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Los Angeles, California

Jennifer Blaha is a Six Sigma Black Belt at Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, Calif.  In her role, Blaha facilitates house-wide improvement projects focused on clinical quality.  She is currently focused on reducing hospital-acquired infections, eliminating retained foreign objects, and improving documentation and coding.

Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Blaha was a senior consultant for General Electric in Los Angeles, Calif. from 2004 – 2007.  She consulted in hospitals across the country utilizing Six Sigma, Lean, CAP, and Workout to improve health care processes.  Previously, she was a finance manager for General Electric in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Blaha is currently pursuing her master’s in business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles and has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Iowa.