Title:
The lean prescription : powerful medicine for our ailing healthcare system
Author:
Gabow, Patricia A., author.
ISBN:
9781482246391
Physical Description:
1 online resource
General Note:
A Productivity Press book.
Contents:
chapter 1. Why worry about American healthcare -- chapter 2. Role of leadership in health system transformation -- chapter 3. Why pick lean for healthcare transformation -- chapter 4. Toyota principles and working concepts of lean -- chapter 5. Lean tool box -- chapter 6. Structure for lean implementation -- chapter 7. Deploying lean -- chapter 8. Metrics, reporting, and information archiving -- chapter 9. Outcomes and lessons learned.
Abstract:
This book is written by a seasoned physician, teacher, and scientist who was the CEO of a large integrated system for 20 years. It is a complete how-to book on implementing a Lean transformation in a health care system that includes not only a hospital but also HMO, CHC, and paramedics. Providing an accessible explanation of the Lean philosophy and tools, the book outlines a detailed approach to Lean implementation. It includes exercises and examples of Lean applications that go beyond the hospital to include CHC, paramedics, and poison centers--Provided by publisher.
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