Leveraging Lean in Healthcare

Leveraging Lean in Healthcare
dBPOBQAAQBAJ
402
By:"Charles Protzman","George Mayzell, MD","Joyce Kerpchar"
"Business & Economics"
Published on 2010-12-21 by CRC Press

This is the embodiment of the \u003cb\u003eLean culture\u003c/b\u003e. We need to get back to a culture \u003cbr\u003e\nwhere continuous improvement is expected and employee participation is not \u003cbr\u003e\nonly encouraged, but also becomes part of their job. In the 1960s, the Japanese \u003cbr\u003e\nwere ...

READ NOW

Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award This practical guide for healthcare executives, managers, and frontline workers, provides the means to transform your enterprise into a High-Quality Patient Care Business Delivery System. Designed for continuous reference, its self-contained chapters are divided into three primary sections: Defines what Lean is and includes some interesting history about Lean not found elsewhere. Describes and explains the application of each Lean tool and concept organized in their typical order of use. Explains how to implement Lean in various healthcare processes—providing examples, case studies, and valuable lessons learned This book will help to take you out of your comfort zone and provide you with new ways to extend value to your customers. It drives home the importance of the Lean Six Sigma journey. The pursuit of continuous improvement is a journey with no end. Consequently, the opportunities are endless as to what you and your organization can accomplish. Forty percent of the authors’ profits from this book will be donated to help the homeless through two Baltimore charities. Praise for the book: ... well-timed and highly informative for those committed to creating deep levels of sustainable change in healthcare. — Peter B. Angood, MD, FACS, FCCM, Senior Advisor – Patient Safety, in National Quality Forum ... the most practical and healthcare applicable book I have ever read on LEAN thinking and concepts. — Gary Shorb, CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare ... well written ... an essential reference in the library of all healthcare leaders interested in performance improvement. — Lee M. Adler, DO, VP, Quality and Safety Innovation & Research, Florida Hospital, Orlando; Associate Professor, University of Central Florida College of Medicine ... a must read for all Leadership involved in healthcare. ... I can see reading this book over and over. — Brigit Zamora, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA, Administrative Nurse Manager, Florida Hospital, Orlando

This Book was ranked 26 by Google Books for keyword lean culture.

The book is written in enfor NOT_MATURE

Read Ebook Now
false
true

Printed Version of this book available in
BOOK

Availability of Ebook version is true,"listPrice": {"amount": 85.95,"currencyCode": "USD"in falseor true

Public Domain Status false

Rating by

SAMPLE

false

To Get More Industrial Engineering and Manegement Ebooks Click Here