Lean hospitals
Subtitle: improving quality, patient safety, and employee satisfaction
By: Mark Graban ; foreword by J. Michael Rona.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781420083804
Subjects: Hospitals -- United States -- Administration; Hospital care -- United States -- Quality control; Hospital care -- United States -- Cost effectiveness; Patients -- United States -- Safety measures; Hospital Administration -- economics; Hospital Administration -- methods; Efficiency, Organizational; Total Quality Management -- methods; Total Quality Management -- organization & administration
Notes: "A Productivity Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The case for lean hospitals; title: Overview of lean for hospitals; title: Value and waste; title: Observing the process and value streams; title: Standardized work as a foundation of lean; title: Lean methods : visual management, 5S, and Kanban; title: Proactive root cause problem solving; title: Preventing errors; title: Improving flow; title: Engaging and leading employees; title: Getting started with lean; title: A vision for a lean hospital.