The Toyota way to healthcare excellence : increase efficiency and improve quality with Lean

The Toyota way to healthcare excellence : increase efficiency and improve quality with Lean / John Black with David Miller.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Black, John R.
Other Authors: Miller, David, 1944 June 18-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Health Administration Press, ©2008.
Series:Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Subjects:
Medical care > United States > Quality control.
Medical care > United States > Cost effectiveness.
Health services administration > United States.
Chief executive officers > United States.
Hospital administrators > United States.
Organizational effectiveness > United States.
Organizational change.
Organizational change
Chief executive officers
Health services administration
Hospital administrators
Medical care > Cost effectiveness
Medical care > Quality control
Organizational effectiveness
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • An open letter to healthcare leaders
  • Eliminating waste will transform American health care
  • A brief history of Lean
  • The "Lean house" and model lines
  • Your Lean action plan
  • Building kaizen leaders
  • Flow in a healthcare environment
  • Kanban and the supply chain
  • Lean comes to Virginia Mason Medical Center
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center case studies
  • Lean comes to Park Nicollet Health Services
  • Park Nicollet Health Services case studies.

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