The lean prescription : powerful medicine for our ailing healthcare system
By: Gabow, Patricia A
Title By: Goodman, Philip L
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BookSeries: A Productivity Press book.Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015; ©2015.Description: xxii, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781482246384; 1482246384 (hardback : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Delivery of Health Care -- economics -- United States | Cost Savings -- methods -- United States | Health Care Costs -- United States | Quality of Health Care -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.4/76151 Online resources: Location Map
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"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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-155) and index.
"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.