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 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I.
- Introduction
- Six Sigma: Why, What, How?
- Why Six Sigma?
- What is Six Sigma?
- How Is Six Sigma Applied?
- Error Prevention
- Poka-Yoke
- Topics in Healthcare Error Prevention
- Workflow
- Problem Solving
- Events
- Digging In
- Compare and Contrast
- Diagrammatic Tools
- Management Action
- Problem Detection
- Six Sigma Measures
- Six Sigma Operations Analysis
- Quantitative Process Analysis
- Change Management
- Selecting Changes
- Six Sigma: Conclusion
- Part II.
- Cases
- Case Instructions
- Case 1. Data Portrayal
- Case 2. Process Tracking
- Case 3. Performance Evaluation
- Case 4. Potential Problem Analysis
- Case 5. Yield
- Case 6. Test Reliability
- Case 7. Time-Value Charts
- Case 8. The Poisson Distribution
- Case 9. Incomplete Trials
- Case 10. Failure Modes and Effects
- Case 11. Discrete Analysis
- Case 12. Central Limit Theorem
- Case 13. Data Sampling
- Case 14. Rule-Based Sampling
- Case 15. Rich Data Sets
- Case 16. Sequential Analysis
- Case 17. Rule-Induced Upsets
- Case 18. Improvement Project
- Case 19. Event A
- Case 20. Event B
- Workflow Cases
- Appendices
- Selected Formulae
- Effect of Precision in Low-Count Estimating
- Effect of Ignoring Multiple Errors in Estimating Yield
- Effect of Ignoring Negative Values in Distributions
- Adjusting the Normal Distribution for Positive-Only Populations
- Using the Normal Distribution in Place of the Poisson Distribution
- Annotated Bibliography
- Glossary
- Companion Web Site Content
- About the Authors
