Overview
- Covers the most useful Lean tools and techniques in healthcare management
- Shows how Lean is used to improve healthcare processes
- Features in-depth discussions of major Lean tools such as takt time, workcell design, 5S, SMED, A3, Kanban and Kaizen
Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Lean Tools and Techniques
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Continuous Improvement and Kaizen
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Lean Healthcare Handbook
Book Subtitle: A Complete Guide to Creating Healthcare Workplaces
Authors: Thomas Pyzdek
Series Title: Management for Professionals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69901-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69900-0Published: 29 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69903-1Published: 29 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69901-7Published: 28 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2192-8096
Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 252
Number of Illustrations: 85 b/w illustrations, 75 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: The first edition originally published as The Lean Healthcare Handbook: A Complete Guide to creating healthcare workplaces that maximize flow and minimize waste in 2018 by Atlantis Publishing
Topics: Health Care Management, Practice and Hospital Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Management, Public Health