Healthcare Management

_x005F_x000D_ Process Redesign for Health Care Using Lean Thinking is a response to a simple, but hard to answer, question and is the result of the experiences of a working doctor who was also the chief safety and quality officer of an Australian teaching hospital. At this hospital, he observed that..

_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Process Redesign for Health Care Using Lean Thinking is a response to a simple, but hard to answer, question and is the result of the experiences of a working doctor who was also the chief safety and quality officer of an Australian teaching hospital. At this hospital, he observe..

After a dozen years of research in prestigious medical centers, an evidence-based method for applying this science has been developed. That six-step program is PROPEL. You will read stories illustrating the experiences of doctors, nurses, and administrators who learned to use PROPEL to transform the..

With a practice-based approach, this book presents cutting-edge topics in healthcare and public health, drawing on the premise that there is no single perspective or stakeholder. The work demonstrates the complexity of intersecting interests and responsibilities in a graspable way, and includes case..

For over 100 years, academic medical centers (AMCs) have been the bastion of medicine; providing outstanding care, incubating the discoveries that have improved health care around the world, and training the next generation of doctors and scientists. Delineating the issues that have lead to the curr..

This book deals with a hospital's struggle to secure and maintain financial stability. In the story, the leadership team of a fictional hospital adopts the tools and principles associated with the Toyota Production System or Lean. The story takes the reader through leadership's arduous journey from ..

The vast majority of healthcare is provided safely and effectively. However, just like any high-risk industry, things can and do go wrong. There is a world of advice about how to keep people safe but this delivers little in terms of changed practice. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Written by a leading ..

This book informs readers about how leading researchers are rethinking rehabilitation research and practice. It emphasizes discussion on the place of theory in advancing rehabilitation knowledge, unearthing important questions for policy and practice, underpinning research design, and prompting read..

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This book will address questions about affordability, access, quality, value, communication, technology, and patient-centered care, and will include real-world best practice examples from a successful concierge medicine practice...

Proven to increase efficiencies in the manufacturing sector, Standard Work has become a key element in reducing process waste, ensuring patient safety, and improving healthcare services. Part of the Lean Tools for Healthcare Series, this reader-friendly book explains how to apply this powerful Lean ..

This book provides authoritative guidance on applying Lean improvement to clinical and non-clinical processes in order to deliver world class improvements in results and culture. The author presents valuable lessons learned in providing improvements to the healthcare industry. The text examines the ..