Title Lean six sigma for hospitals : improving patient safety, patient flow and the bottom line / Jay Arthur.

Edition Second edition. Descript 1 online resource : illustrations Series Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine) Note Revised edition of: Lean six sigma for hospitals : simple steps to fast, affordable, and flawless healthcare / Jay Arthur. ℗♭2011. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references. Contents A faster hospital in five days -- Lean for accelerated patient flow -- Simple steps to a better hospital -- Reducing defects with six sigma -- Simple steps to a cheaper (more profitable) hospital -- Six sigma for hospitals -- Excel power tools for lean six sigma -- Is there an improvement project in my data? -- Sustaining improvement -- Laser-focused process innovation -- Statistical tools for lean six sigma -- Change management -- Theory of constraints -- Implementing lean six sigma in hospitals. Summary A fully updated, practical guide to Lean Six Sigma applications in the healthcare industry. Note Online resource; title from electronic title page (AccessMedicine, viewed January 16, 2018). In English. Local Note McGraw-Hill McGraw-Hill AccessMedicine Subject Hospitals -- Administration. Organizational effectiveness. Medical care -- Quality control. Total quality management. Hospital Administration -- methods Efficiency, Organizational Total Quality Management -- methods Quality of Health Care -- organization & administration Hospital Administration Quality Assurance, Health Care Total Quality Management Organizational effectiveness. (OCoLC)fst01047852 Medical care -- Quality control. (OCoLC)fst01013833 Total quality management. (OCoLC)fst01153015 Hospitals -- Administration. (OCoLC)fst00961176 Genre Electronic books. Electronic Books Electronic books. Methods (Music) (OCoLC)fst01423850 Alt Author Preceded by: Arthur, Jay, 1951- Lean six sigma for hospitals. ℗♭2011. ISBN 9781259641091 (e-ISBN) 1259641090 (e-ISBN) 9781259641084 (print-ISBN) 1259641082 (print-ISBN)