The Lean Healthcare Handbook: A Complete Guide to Creating Healthcare Workplaces (Management for Professionals)

Pyzdek, Thomas

ISBN 10: 303069903X / ISBN 13: 9783030699031

Published by Springer, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lean Healthcare Handbook: A Complete Guide to Creating Healthcare Workplaces (Management for Professionals)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303069903X
• ISBN 13: 9783030699031
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book shows readers exactly how to use Lean tools to design healthcare work that is smooth, efficient, error free and focused on patients and patient outcomes. It includes in-depth discussions of every important Lean tool, including value stream maps, takt time, spaghetti diagrams, workcell design, 5S, SMED, A3, Kanban, Kaizen and many more, all presented in the context of healthcare. For example, the book explains the importance of quick operating room or exam room changeovers and shows the reader specific methods for drastically reducing changeover time.

Readers will learn to create healthcare value streams where workflows are based on the pull of customer/patient demand. The book also presents a variety of ways to continue improving after initial Lean successes. Methods for finding the root causes of problems and implementing effective solutions are described and demonstrated. The approach taught here is based on the Toyota Production System, which has been adopted worldwide by healthcare organizations for use in clinical, non-clinical and administrative areas.

About the Author

Thomas Pyzdek is an internationally respected expert in process excellence. Through the Pyzdek Institute, he offers online training and certification in Six Sigma, Lean and Lean Six Sigma. Pyzdek serves on numerous editorial boards and has helped found such journals as The Quality Management Journal, Quality Engineering and International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage.