Going lean busting barriers to patient flow / Amy C. Smith, Robert Barry, Clifford E. Brubaker.

SeriesAmerican College of Healthcare Executives management series
Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ^A805514
Contents The Lean method -- Capacity, backlogs, and scheduling -- Simple patient-flow examples -- Call center: a success story -- Outpatient laboratory: a success story -- Back pain clinic: a success story -- Women's center: a success story -- The Lean general hospital -- Emergency department -- Laboratories -- Admissions -- Surgery -- Inpatient care -- External benchmarking: a success story -- Infection reduction: a success story -- Discharge -- The cash cycle -- Long-term-care facilities.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007035574
ISBN9781567932812 (alk. paper)
ISBN1567932819 (alk. paper)