Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, 2nd Edition

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Building on the success of the Shingo Prize-Winning first edition, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Second Edition explains how to use the Lean management system to improve safety, quality, access, and morale while reducing costs. Lean healthcare expert Mark Graban examines the challenges facing today?s health systems, including rising costs, falling reimbursement rates, employee retention, and patient safety.

The new edition of this international bestseller begins with an overview of Lean methods. It explains how Lean practices such as value stream mapping and process observation can help reduce wasted motion for caregivers, prevent delays for patients, and improve the long-term health of your organization. In addition to a new introduction from John Toussaint, this updated edition includes:

New and updated material on identifying waste, A3 problem solving, employee suggestion management, and strategy deployment.
New case studies?including a new Kanban case study (Northampton General Hospital) and another that ties together the themes of standardized work, Kanban, 5S, visual management, and Lean leadership for the prevention of patient harm.
New examples and updated data throughout, including revised chapters on patient safety and preventing medical errors.

Detailing the steps needed for a successful transition to a Lean culture, the book provides the understanding of Lean practices?including standardized work, error proofing, root cause problem solving, and daily improvement processes?needed to reduce common hospital errors. The balanced approach outlined in this book will guide you through the process of improving quality of service while reducing costs in your hospital.

* The Lean Certification and Oversight Appeals committee has approved Lean Hospitals as recommended reading for those in pursuit of Lean Bronze Certification from SME, AME, Shingo Prize, and ASQ.

ISBN: 9781439870433
Binding: Paperback
Writen by: Mark Graban
Published by: Productivity Press
Publication Date: November 7th 2011
Pages: 268

Item #: 70B7064