Lean six sigma for hospitals : improving patient safety, patient flow and the bottom line /

Lean six sigma for hospitals : improving patient safety, patient flow and the bottom line /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Arthur, Jay, 1951- author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	[New York] : McGraw-Hill Education, [2016] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine)
Subject:	Hospitals -- Administration. Organizational effectiveness. Medical care -- Quality control. Total quality management. Hospital Administration -- methods Efficiency, Organizational Quality of Health Care -- organization & administration Efficiency, Organizational Total Quality Management -- methods Quality of Health Care -- organization & administration Organizational effectiveness. Medical care -- Quality control. Total quality management. Hospitals -- Administration. Electronic books. Electronic Books Methods (Music)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12385812

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Other uniform titles:	Preceded by: Arthur, Jay, 1951- Lean six sigma for hospitals. ©2011.
ISBN:	9781259641091 1259641090 9781259641084 1259641082
Notes:	Revised edition of: Lean six sigma for hospitals : simple steps to fast, affordable, and flawless healthcare / Jay Arthur. ©2011. Includes bibliographical references. In English. Online resource; title from electronic title page (AccessMedicine, viewed January 16, 2018).
Summary:	A fully updated, practical guide to Lean Six Sigma applications in the healthcare industry.
Other form:	Print version: Arthur, Jay, 1951- Lean six sigma for hospitals. Second edition. New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2016] 1259641082

Table of Contents:

A faster hospital in five days
Lean for accelerated patient flow
Simple steps to a better hospital
Reducing defects with six sigma
Simple steps to a cheaper (more profitable) hospital
Six sigma for hospitals
Excel power tools for lean six sigma
Is there an improvement project in my data?
Sustaining improvement
Laser-focused process innovation
Statistical tools for lean six sigma
Change management
Theory of constraints
Implementing lean six sigma in hospitals.