TY - BOOK AU - Arthur,Jay TI - Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals : : Improving Patient Safety, Patient Flow and the Bottom Line, 2e T2 - McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine SN - 9781259641084 (print) AV - RA971 U1 - 362.11068 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, N.Y. : PB - McGraw-Hill Education LLC., KW - Hospital Administration KW - methods KW - Efficiency, Organizational KW - Quality of Health Care KW - organization & administration KW - Total Quality Management KW - Organizational effectiveness KW - Medical care KW - Quality control KW - Total quality management KW - Hospitals KW - Administration KW - Hospital Administration/methods KW - Quality of Health Care/organization & administration KW - Total Quality Management/methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Chapter 1: A Faster Hospital in Five Days -- Chapter 2: Lean for Accelerated Patient Flow -- Chapter 3: Simple Steps to a Better Hospital -- Chapter 4: Reducing Defects with Six Sigma -- Chapter 5: Simple Steps to a Cheaper (More Profitable) Hospital -- Chapter 6: Six Sigma for Hospitals -- Chapter 7: Excel Power Tools for Lean Six Sigma -- Chapter 8: Is There an Improvement Project in My Data? -- Chapter 9: Sustaining Improvement -- Chapter 10: Laser-Focused Process Innovation -- Chapter 11: Statistical Tools for Lean Six Sigma -- Chapter 12: Change Management -- Chapter 13: Theory of Constraints -- Chapter 14: Implementing Lean Six Sigma in Hospitals -- Epilogue -- Bibliography; Also issued in Online and PDF version N2 - A fully updated, practical guide to Lean Six Sigma applications in the healthcare industry UR - http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2309 ER -