What is included with this book?
Why Now? $950 Billion in preventable medical costs will pay for healthcare reform | |
Pioneers: Virginia Mason, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic; | |
The Universal Improvement Method | |
Focus | |
Improve | |
Sustain | |
Honor | |
A Faster ER, OR, Lab, Radiology, Nursing Unit in Five Days using Lean: Economies of Speed | |
The 7 Speed Bumps of Lean | |
The 5 S's; Common Measures of Flow * Lean Tools * Spaghetti Diagrams * Value Stream Mapping | |
Patient turnaround in 1/6th the time | |
Case Study: Reducing Turnaround Times by a third in five days. | |
Changing the Paradigm | |
Walking is Waste | |
Reducing defects and mistakes in the ER, OR, Imaging, Nursing Unit | |
C10: A Cheaper, More Profitable Hospital in Five Days | |
Reducing operational defects and lost revenue | |
Case study: Reducing denied claims by $400,000/month in five days | |
Data Mining with Excel/ Using the QI Macros To Analyze Your Data | |
Joint Commission - Core Measures | |
Heart Failure | |
Surgical Infections | |
Nursing Quality; Patient Satisfaction | |
Pain Control Etc. ; Financial and Operational Measures | |
Process Flowchart | |
Control Charts for Sustaining the Improvement | |
Stabilize your process | |
Reduce Variation | |
Choosing a Control Chart | |
Focusing the Improvement Effort | |
Voice of the Customer | |
Speak Your Customer’s Language | |
Critical to Quality Indicators (CTQs) SIPOC | |
A Balanced Scorecard? | |
Formal Network vs Informal Network | |
Linear vs Circular Causes | |
Use SWAT Teams | |
Risk Free Way to Implement LSS | |
Can LSS Kill Your Company? | |
Conflicting Goals | |
Honor Your Progress | |
Lean Six Sigma Roles | |
Free Resources (Download) | |
Lean Simplified Quick Reference Card | |
SS Simplified Reference Card | |
SPC Quick Reference Card | |
LSS Action Plan | |
QI Macros 90-day Trial for Excel | |
E-books | |
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