Lean hospitals : improving quality, patient safety, and employee engagement, second edition /: improving quality, patient safety, and employee engagement, second edition. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Graban ; [foreword by] John Toussaint.
• Other Names: Graban, Mark
• Contents: 1. The case for Lean hospitals -- 2. Overview of Lean for hospitals -- 3. Value and waste -- 4. Observing the process and value streams -- 5. Standardized work as a foundation of Lean -- 6. Lean methods : visual management, 5S, and Kanban -- 7. Proactive root cause problem solving -- 8. Preventing errors and harm -- 9. Improving flow -- 10. Engaging and leading employees -- 11. Getting started with Lean -- 12. A vision for a Lean hospital.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 362.11068; Hospitals -- United States -- Administration; Hospital care -- United States -- Quality control; Hospital care -- United States -- Cost effectiveness; Patients -- United States -- Safety measures; Just-in-time systems; Total quality management; Hospital care -- Cost effectiveness; Hospital care -- Quality control; Hospitals -- Administration; Just-in-time systems; Patients -- Safety measures; Total quality management; Hospital Administration -- methods; Hospital Administration -- economics; Efficiency, Organizational; Total Quality Management -- organization & administration; Total Quality Management -- methods; Hôpitaux -- États-Unis -- Administration; Soins hospitaliers -- États-Unis -- Qualité -- Contrôle; Soins hospitaliers -- États-Unis -- Coût-efficacité; Patients -- États-Unis -- Sécurité -- Mesures; Juste-à-temps (Système); Qualité totale; Ziekenhuizen; Kwaliteitszorg; Efficiëntie; Beleid; United States; Verenigde Staten; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466513532; 1466513535; 9781466511651; 1466511656; 9781466511422; 1466511427; 9781439870440; 1439870446
• Related ISBNs: 9781439870433; 1439870438
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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