A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare: How to Implement Lean Principles in Hospitals, Medical Offices, Clinics, and Other Healthcare Organizations

Well-researched and well-written, A Lean Guide to Transforming Healthcare demonstrates the application of lean principles to the current healthcare environment. Offering a practical and sound understanding of the concepts and application for lean and the principles of Six Sigma melded with an insider s familiarity with healthcare delivery, the guide is designed for hands-on use. Applied properly, the defined practices will help eliminate the delays, overcrowding, and frustration associated with the existing care delivery system. It will allow clinicians to spend more of their time caring for patients and improve the quality of care these patients receive.