ABSTRACT

Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication AwardThis practical guide for healthcare executives, managers, and frontline workers, provides the means to transform your enterprise into a High-Quality Patient Care Business Delivery System. Designed for continuous reference, its self-contained chapters are divided into three primary s

part |2 pages

Section I. Lean Overview and History

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction to Lean

chapter 2|6 pages

History of Lean

chapter 3|8 pages

Batching vs. Lean Thinking and Flow

part |2 pages

Section II. Lean Tools, Methodology and Application

chapter 5|16 pages

Lean and Change Management

chapter 6|26 pages

Lean Foundation

chapter 7|8 pages

Basic Lean Concepts

chapter 8|26 pages

Basic Lean Tools

chapter 9|30 pages

Putting It All Together

chapter 11|12 pages

Executives and Lean

chapter 13|18 pages

Finance, Marketing, and Our Hospitals

chapter 14|12 pages

What It Means to Have a Lean Culture

part |2 pages

Section III. Selected Lean Implementation Case Studies

chapter 15|50 pages

Surgical Services

chapter 16|10 pages

Nutritional Services

chapter 17|4 pages

Pharmacy

chapter 18|16 pages

Emergency Department

chapter 19|10 pages

Laboratories

chapter 20|6 pages

Inpatient Floors

chapter 21|6 pages

Gastrointestinal Outpatient Clinic

chapter 22|8 pages

Primary Care Clinics

chapter 23|6 pages

Radiology

part |2 pages

Section IV. Appendices

chapter 1|2 pages

Appendix 1. Lean Practitioner Quiz

chapter 2|2 pages

Appendix 2. Lean Formulas

chapter 4|7 pages

Appendix 4. Glossary