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The hospital and clinic improvement handbook : using lean and the theory of constraints for better healthcare delivery / Boaz Ronen, Joseph S. Pliskin, Shimeon Pass.

Holman Biotech Commons RA965.6 .R66 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ronen, Boʻaz, author.
Pliskin, Joseph S., 1946- author.
Pass, Shimeon, 1947- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Delivery of Health Care.
Hospital Administration.
Quality Improvement.
Health services administration.
Health facilities--Finance.
Health facilities.
Lean manufacturing.
Theory of constraints (Management).
Medical Subjects:
Delivery of Health Care.
Hospital Administration.
Quality Improvement.
Physical Description:
xv, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Summary:
The Hospital and Clinic Improvement Handbook is a practical guide to how operations management-in particular Lean and the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can rapidly advance value and performance in any healthcare organization. Utilizing a systems approach that will be relevant for healthcare managers and executives, it unpacks and demystifies concepts such as performance measures operations, quality cost accounting, pricing, and value enchancement, all as they relate to eliminating waste and non-value-adding activities. Enriched with dozens of examples and building on the authors' experience teaching and refining these concepts for healthcare, this text is an essential guide for executives and manages across the industry. Book jacket.
Contents:
The modern healthcare environment
Principles of management in the dynamic healthcare environment
The pareto rule, the focusing table, and the focusing matrix
The seven focusing steps of the theory of constraints (TOC)
Constraint management in a bottleneck environment
Constraint management under a market constraint
Focused current reality tree (fCRT)
Resolving managerial conflicts
The "efficiencies syndrome"
The "evils" of long response times
Reducing response times
The complete kit concept
Performance measures
The effects of variability and uncertainty
The evils of traditional cost-accounting
Global decision making (GDM)
Quality management and process control
Creating value for healthcare organizations
Implementation and the process of ongoing improvement (POOGI)
Success stories.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780190843458
0190843454
OCLC:
1003149066

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