Leveraging lean in the emergency department : creating a cost effective, standardized, high quality, patient-focused operation
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Joyce Kerpchar, Charles Protzman, George Mayzell.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2015.
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This book is part of a series of titles that are a spin-off of the Shingo Prize-winning book Leveraging Lean in Healthcare: Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System. Each book in the series focuses on a specific aspect of healthcare that has demonstrated significant process and quality improvements after a Lean implementation Emergency departments have become notorious for long wait times and questionable quality of care. By adopting Lean manufacturing con…
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- Author
- Kerpchar, Joyce
- Other Authors
- Protzman, Charles
- Mayzell, George
- Responsibility
- Joyce Kerpchar, Charles Protzman, George Mayzell
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781482237320
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergency medical services - administration
- Emergency medical services - cost effectiveness
- Emergency medical services - quality control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency medical services - Administration
- Emergency medical services - Cost effectiveness
- Emergency medical services - Quality control
- Six sigma (Quality control standard)
- Total quality management
- Abstract
- This book is part of a series of titles that are a spin-off of the Shingo Prize-winning book Leveraging Lean in Healthcare: Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System. Each book in the series focuses on a specific aspect of healthcare that has demonstrated significant process and quality improvements after a Lean implementation Emergency departments have become notorious for long wait times and questionable quality of care. By adopting Lean manufacturing concepts, hospitals can turn the emergency department into a valuable service for the hospital and the community.
- Contents
- Contents: Front Cover; Contents; Preface: Leveraging Lean in the Emergency Department; Acknowledgments; Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Lean; Chapter 2: Batching vs. Lean Thinking and Flow; Chapter 3: Lean and Change Management; Chapter 4: Lean Foundation; Chapter 5: Basic Lean Concepts and Tools -- Assessment and Analyze; Chapter 6: Putting It All Together; Chapter 7: Implementing Lean in a Healthcare Environment; Chapter 8: Executives and Lean; Chapter 9: Roles and Responsibilities of Managers and Supervisors; Chapter 10: What It Means to Have a Lean Culture -- Chapter 11: Leveraging Lean in the Emergency DepartmentAppendix; Appendix: Glossary; Back Cover.
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- e-Book
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- Online
