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Leveraging lean in healthcare : transforming your enterprise into a high quality patient care delivery system /

"Expanding on the concepts and tools of lean hospitals and coupling these ideas with the principles of sigma six, this book presents a "how-to" guide to true efficiency in hospitals. Beginning with an overview and description of lean tools, such as Toyota and Gilbreth and Taylor, it d...

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Main Authors: Protzman, Charles (Author)
Group Author: Mayzell, George; Kerpchar, Joyce
Published: CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton :
Publication Dates: [2011]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Hospitals > United States > Administration.
Hospital care > United States > Quality control.
Six sigma (Quality control standard)
Efficiency, Organizational.
Hospital Administration > methods.
Quality of Health Care > organization & administration.
Hospital care > Quality control.
Hospitals > Administration.
United States.
Summary: "Expanding on the concepts and tools of lean hospitals and coupling these ideas with the principles of sigma six, this book presents a "how-to" guide to true efficiency in hospitals. Beginning with an overview and description of lean tools, such as Toyota and Gilbreth and Taylor, it demonstrates lean implementation at every level of a hospital including the ED, OR, Radiology, and Cath Lab. The authors discuss traditional methods, typical problems, and a value stream map for each area and provide actionable blueprints, case studies, and lessons learned to facilitate the duplication of lean improvements"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: xix, 382 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781439813850 (hardcover. : alk. paper) :
143981385X (hardcover. : alk. paper)
9781482234237
1482234238
Index Number: RA971
CLC: R199.712
Call Number: R199.712/P967
Contents: (Publisher-supplied data) Chapter 1 Introduction to Lean -- Chapter 2 History of Lean -- Chapter 3 Batching vs. Lean Thinking and Flow -- Chapter 4 Can the Toyota Model be Applied to Hospitals? -- Chapter 5 Lean and Change Management. -- Chapter 6 Lean Foundation -- Chapter 7 Basic Lean Concepts -- Chapter 8 Basic Lean Tools -- Chapter 9 Putting it all Together -- Chapter 10 Implementing Lean in a Healthcare Environment -- Chapter 11 Executives and Lean -- Chapter 12 Roles and Responsibilities of Managers and Supervisors -- Chapter 13 Finance, Marketing, and our Hospitals -- Chapter 14 What it Means to have a Lean Culture -- Chapter 15 Surgical Services -- Chapter 16 Nutritional Services -- Chapter 17 Pharmacy -- Chapter 18 Emergency Department -- Chapter 19 Laboratories -- Chapter 20 Inpatient Floors -- Chapter 21 Gastrointestinal Outpatient Clinic -- Chapter 22 Primary Care Clinics -- Chapter 23 Radiology.

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