The lean prescription
Subtitle: powerful medicine for our ailing healthcare system
By: Patricia A. Gabow, MD, MACP, Philip L. Goodman
Contributors: Goodman, Philip L., author
Series: A Productivity Press book
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781482246384
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Delivery of Health Care; Economics; Cost Savings; Methods; Health Care Costs; Quality of Health Care
Description: "This book is written by a seasoned physician, teacher, and scientist who was the CEO of a large integrated system for 20 years. It is a complete how-to book on implementing a Lean transformation in a health care system that includes not only a hospital but also HMO, CHC, and paramedics. Providing an accessible explanation of the Lean philosophy and tools, the book outlines a detailed approach to Lean implementation. It includes exercises and examples of Lean applications that go beyond the hospital to include CHC, paramedics, and poison centers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.