Applying lean in healthcare : a collection of international case studies

Applying lean in healthcare : a collection of international case studies / edited by Joe Aherne and John Whelton.

Typically entrenched and systemic, healthcare problems require the sort of comprehensive solutions that can only be addressed by a change in culture and a shift in thinking. Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies demonstrates how honest appraisal, intelligent plannin...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Aherne, Joe, Whelton, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Productivity Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Health services administration.
MEDICAL > Administration.
MEDICAL > Practice Management & Reimbursement.
Health services administration
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Table of 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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