Going lean busting barriers to patient flow / Amy C. Smith, Robert Barry, Clifford E. Brubaker.
| Author/creator | Smith, Amy C., 1964- |
| Other author | Barry, Robert, 1938 December 29- |
| Other author | Brubaker, Cliff. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago, IL : Health Administration Press, |
| Description | xiv, 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | American 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 note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007035574 |
| ISBN | 9781567932812 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1567932819 (alk. paper) |