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Smash the bottleneck : fixing patient flow for better care (and a better bottom line) / Christopher Strear, Danilo Sirias.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strear, Christopher, author.
- Sirias, Danilo, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- HAP/ACHE management series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health facilities--Administration.
- Health facilities.
- Health Facility Administration.
- Models, Organizational.
- Efficiency, Organizational.
- Appointments and Schedules.
- Patient Care Management.
- Crowding.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Facility Administration.
- Models, Organizational.
- Efficiency, Organizational.
- Appointments and Schedules.
- Patient Care Management.
- Crowding.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Understanding the Fundamentals of the Theory of Constraints
- The First Focusing Step: Identify the Bottleneck
- The Second Focusing Step: Exploit the Bottleneck
- The Third Focusing Step: Subordinate Everything to the Bottleneck
- The Fourth Focusing Step: Elevate the Bottleneck
- The Fifth Focusing Step: If the Bottleneck Has Been Broken, Go Back to Step One
- Understanding a Constraint
- More Arrows in the Quiver: Additional Concepts in the Theory of Constraints
- Using Constraint Management to Improve Emergency Department Flow
- Using Buffer Management to Facilitate Inpatient Unit Flow
- Understanding the Outpatient Setting
- Phase 1: Gaining Momentum
- Phase 2: Stabilizing the System
- Phase 3: Designing a Continuous Improvement Process
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the School of Medicine Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Strear, Christopher. Smash the bottleneck
- ISBN:
- 9781640551541
- 1640551549
- 9781640551527
- 1640551522
- 9781640551534
- 1640551530
- 9781640551510
- 1640551514
- Publisher Number:
- 99985369824
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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