Lean and Six Sigma Principles and Decision-Making in Healthcare
A Guide for Integrating Continuous Improvement
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-138-03288-0 (ISBN)
Description
The healthcare industry is at a pivotal point in making change. More often than not, healthcare leaders make decisions thinking using a variety of different methods, but inconsistency in decision-making impacts the quality and how well these decisions are made. Lean and Six Sigma principles and tools can be utilized to streamline the decision-making as well as improve the quality of the decisions that are made in healthcare environments. This book covers the basis of how decision are typically made, the fallacies of these methods, and how Lean and Six Sigma tools and principles can be used to improve the decision making process in healthcare.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
30 s/w Abbildungen
30 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-138-03288-0 (9781138032880)
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The healthcare industry is at a pivotal point in making change. More often than not, healthcare leaders make decisions thinking using a variety of different methods, but inconsistency in decision-making impacts the quality and how well these decisions are made. Lean and Six Sigma principles and tools can be utilized to streamline the decision-making as well as improve the quality of the decisions that are made in healthcare environments. This book covers the basis of how decision are typically made, the fallacies of these methods, and how Lean and Six Sigma tools and principles can be used to improve the decision making process in healthcare.
Content
1: Introduction
Decision-making in healthcare
Basics of continuous improvement
2: The Need for Better Decision-Making in Healthcare
Where decisions are made in healthcare
Who makes the decisions in healthcare
What methods are used to make decisions in healthcare
The issues with the current decision-making methods
3: A Lean & Six Sigma Model to Making Decisions in Healthcare
Tools to identify the problem/need for decisions
Tools to determine root cause/understand the need
Tools to develop potential solutions/alternatives
Methods to select and implement the appropriate solution(s)/Alternative(s)
Importance of metrics
Importance of sustaining the decision
A proposed model from start to end in decision-making
4: Case Studies to Demonstrate Value
Case #1
Case #2
Case #3
Implications and benefits of a Lean and Six Sigma model to making decisions in healthcare
5: Conclusion
Appendices:
Lean glossary
Six Sigma glossary
Templates for Lean tools
Templates for Six Sigma tools
Details on Case Study #1
Details on Case Study #2
Details on Case Study #3
Decision-making in healthcare
Basics of continuous improvement
2: The Need for Better Decision-Making in Healthcare
Where decisions are made in healthcare
Who makes the decisions in healthcare
What methods are used to make decisions in healthcare
The issues with the current decision-making methods
3: A Lean & Six Sigma Model to Making Decisions in Healthcare
Tools to identify the problem/need for decisions
Tools to determine root cause/understand the need
Tools to develop potential solutions/alternatives
Methods to select and implement the appropriate solution(s)/Alternative(s)
Importance of metrics
Importance of sustaining the decision
A proposed model from start to end in decision-making
4: Case Studies to Demonstrate Value
Case #1
Case #2
Case #3
Implications and benefits of a Lean and Six Sigma model to making decisions in healthcare
5: Conclusion
Appendices:
Lean glossary
Six Sigma glossary
Templates for Lean tools
Templates for Six Sigma tools
Details on Case Study #1
Details on Case Study #2
Details on Case Study #3