Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services: Creating a Cost Effective, Standardized, High Quality, Patient-Focused Operation 1. utgave

This how-to book examines Lean tools and concepts as applied to nutritional services, inpatient floors, pharmacy, and radiology?explaining how tools implemented in one area can benefit other areas of the hospital. The authors include a detailed case study for each area that describes how Lean was implemented and which tools were used to achieve the desired results. Describing Lean tools and methodologies in detail, the book identifies Lean solutions specific to the needs of hospital support and ancillary services departments.