Protzman, Charlie; Mayzell, George; Kerpchar, Joyce

Leveraging Lean in Healthcare : Transforming Your Enterprise Into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System

"Expanding on the concepts and tools of lean hospitals and coupling these ideas with the principles of sigma six, this book presents a "how-to" guide to true efficiency in hospitals. Beginning with an overview and description of lean tools, such as Toyota and Gilbreth and Taylor, it demonstrates lean implementation at every level of a hospital incl