Applying Lean in Healthcare A Collection of International Case Studies [Hardcover]

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 planning, and vigilant follow-up have led to dramatic improvements in a variety of healthcare settings across the world. It teaches us how innovative organizations can find sustainable solutions to seemingly intractable problems by following a path guided by Lean Thinking. Lean methods may not solve every healthcare problem, but as these cases prove, changing a culture rather than personnel results in more effective sustainable change.

Introduction to Lean Healthcare
Making It Lean, Hilary Grey
Providing Rapid Access to a Vascular Surgery Outpatient Clinic, Simon Dodds
Reorganizing and Standardizing Supply Rooms across a Health System,Franciscan Health System
A Quick-Start Lean Method to Cut the Clutter and Get Your Hospital Back into Shape, Kelley Williamson
Applying Lean Thinking to the Outpatient Registration Process, Deborah Miller
Establishing a Standardized and Efficient Client Laboratory Supplies Process, Christian Buchsteiner
Improving Accommodation and Organizational Arrangements at an Outpatient Antenatal Clinic, Brendan Murphy
Improving Wait Times at a Medical Oncology Unit, Carlos F. Pinto
Minimizing the Time from Cooking Pot to Patient , Judy-Ann Wybenga
A Journey in LeanBringing about Change, Improving Quality for the Patient, and Developing the Culture of a Healthcare Organization, John Coleman and Tim Franklin
Process Improvements to Reduce Operating Room Cancellations,Mimi Kokoska, Samuel B. Welchl£!