Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies

By Joe Aherne

Typically entrenched and systemic, healthcare problems require the sort of comprehensive solutions that can only be addressed by a change in culture and a shift in thinking. Applying Lean in Healthcare: A Collection of International Case Studies demonstrates how honest appraisal, intelligent planning, and vigilant follow-up have led to dramatic improvements in a variety of healthcare settings across the world. It teaches us how innovative organizations can find sustainable solutions to seemingly intractable problems by following a path guided by Lean Thinking. Lean methods may not solve every healthcare problem, but as these cases prove, changing a culture rather than personnel results in more effective sustainable change.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439827397
• ISBN13: 9781439827390
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"