The six sigma book for healthcare : improving outcomes by reducing errors /
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Author / Creator: | Barry, Robert, 1938 December 29- |
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Imprint: | Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, c2002. |
Description: | xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4924201 |
Summary: | Consultant Barry; Amy C. Murcko, a manager and researcher at a Pennsylvania regional health care system; and Clifford E. Brubaker (health and rehabilitation sciences, U. of Pittsburgh) explains how to apply the Six Sigma management system, developed for high-technology manufacturing, to health care organizations. The target of the error- reducing effort is 3.4 errors per million error opportunities. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
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Physical Description: | xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-226) and index. |
ISBN: | 156793191X |