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Standard Work for Lean Healthcare (Lean Tools for Healthcare Series) by Thomas Lindsay Jackson; Rona Consulting Group; Productivity Press is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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112 p. : 26 cm "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 builds on the success of the bestselling, Standard Work for the Shopfloor. Standard Work for Lean Healthcare explains how to apply this powerful Lean tool to increase patient safety and reduce the cost of providing healthcare services. It illustrates how standardization can help you establish best practices for performing daily work and why it should be the cornerstone for all of your continuous improvement efforts. Presented in an easy-to-assimilate format, the book describes work in terms of cycle time, work in process, takt time, and layout. It also: Defines the key concepts of standard work and explores the essential elements of a continuous improvement culture, Provides detailed guidance through the process of creating, maintaining, and improving standards, Illustrates the application of standardization and standard work in healthcare with a range of examples. Includes access to helpful websites and further

Author

Thomas Lindsay Jackson; Rona Consulting Group; Productivity Press

Publisher

CRC Press/Productivity Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439837412

Subjects

Medical, Business, Social Science