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Leveraging Lean in Healthcare : Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System
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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781439813850
- ISBN-10: 143981385X
- Publisher: Productivity Press
- Publish Date: December 2010
- Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.07 pounds
- Page Count: 402
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