Applying lean in healthcare : a collection of international case studies / / edited by Joe Aherne, John Whelton ; foreword by Jeffrey Clothier.
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 223 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | "A Productivity Press book." |
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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.