Lean Done Right: Achieve and Maintain Reform in Your Healthcare Organization

Winner of the Axiom Business Book Award Silver Medal - Operations Management and Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award! Your healthcare organization cannot afford to waste time, money, or resources on an improper Lean implementation. You want to create a culture of continuous improvement, not a regime of tools that address problem areas but have short-lived results. Lean Done Right: Achieve and Maintain Reform in Your Healthcare Organization provides a roadmap for launching a transformative and sustainable Lean initiative. The Lean implementation model focuses on strategically directed action, developing a lean organizational culture, and enhancing the care delivery system. Chapters include: Death by Kaizen Event A Lean Implementation Model Strategically Directed Action The Culture-Creating Path Implement the Value Stream Work Plan The System-Creating Path Instructor Resources: PowerPoint slides of the exhibits from selected chapters.