Lean-Six Sigma for healthcare
Subtitle: a senior leader guide to improving cost and throughput
By: Chip Caldwell, Greg Butler, Nancy Poston
Contributors: Butler, Greg; Poston, Nancy; American Society for Quality
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milwaukee, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780873897594
Subjects: Chief executive officers; Health Care Quality Assurance; Performance standards; Organizational Efficiency; Six sigma (Quality control standard); Cost Control; Strategic planning; Health services administration; Quality control; Hospital Administration; Medical care; Hospital administrators; Organizational effectiveness; Cost effectiveness; Methods
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Lean-Six Sigma for healthcare / Chip Caldwell, Jim Brexler, Tom Gillem. c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The role of senior leaders : raising the performance bar; title: The role of senior leaders : coaching cost of quality recovery; title: The role of senior leaders : organizing Lean-Six Sigma project methodologies to drive change; title: The role of senior leaders : managing the organization accountable change model; title: The role of senior leaders : simulation, experimentation, and the cost of not getting it right the first time; title: The role of senior leaders : driving sustainable organizational change; title: The role of senior leaders : engaging physicians; title: The role of senior leaders : achieving sustainable results (magic moment example); title: Summation.