Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 38 Steps for Improvement
by Robert Chalice
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Author: Robert ChaliceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-01
ISBN: 0873896572
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
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Book Review: Excellent cost and quality improvement book for healthcare
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent easy to read book for improving healthcare cost and quality ... sorely needed. It presents 38 straight forward LEAN steps to improve quality and cost. These are things we can do now. Its appendices contain some good real world examples for applying LEAN to healthcare. Great book to help reduce spiraling healthcare and insurance premium costs.
Summary of Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 38 Steps for Improvement
What differentiates this book from other healthcare improvement books is that it is the only one currently available that presents a simple recipe of 38 lean steps for healthcare providers to reduce cost and improve quality. By taking these straightforward steps, healthcare providers can adopt the same lean methods which have enabled companies like Toyota to become so successful. The reader will learn to: understand and implement a 38-step recipe to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality at healthcare providers by using Toyota Lean Production methods; understand cost and quality issues facing healthcare in the U.S.; and implement a permanent organizational structure to continuously improve quality and cost within a healthcare organization. Benefits: The book's appendices contain examples showing Toyota's lean methods actually being applied to healthcare.General Books
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