Applying lean in healthcare [electronic resource] : a collection of international case studies / edited by Joe Aherne, John Whelton ; foreword by Jeffrey Clothier.

Contributor(s): Aherne, Joe | Whelton, John | Clothier, Jeffrey | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2010Description: vii, 223 p. : illISBN: 9781439827406 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Health services administrationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.1068 LOC classification: RA971 | .A815 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction to lean healthcare -- Making it lean -- Providing rapid access to a vascular surgery outpatient clinic -- Reorganizing and standardizing supply rooms across a health system -- A quickstart lean method to cut the clutter and get your hospital back into shape -- Applying lean thinking to the outpatient registration process -- Establishing a standardized and efficient client laboratory supplies process -- Improving accommodation and organizational arrangements at an outpatient antenatal clinic -- Improving wait times at a medical oncology unit -- Minimizing the time from 'cooking pot to patient' -- A journey in lean : bringing about change, improving quality for the patient, and developing the culture of a healthcare organization -- Reducing surgery cancellation rates -- The future for lean healthcare.
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"A Productivity Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to lean healthcare -- Making it lean -- Providing rapid access to a vascular surgery outpatient clinic -- Reorganizing and standardizing supply rooms across a health system -- A quickstart lean method to cut the clutter and get your hospital back into shape -- Applying lean thinking to the outpatient registration process -- Establishing a standardized and efficient client laboratory supplies process -- Improving accommodation and organizational arrangements at an outpatient antenatal clinic -- Improving wait times at a medical oncology unit -- Minimizing the time from 'cooking pot to patient' -- A journey in lean : bringing about change, improving quality for the patient, and developing the culture of a healthcare organization -- Reducing surgery cancellation rates -- The future for lean healthcare.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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