Healthcare Management

Good teamwork ensures the close collaboration and coordination between professional groups and across disciplinary boundaries. This is particularly important in healthcare centres and clinics admitting complicated patient cases, but contrary to what many healthcare organisations seem to believe, eff..

Powerful, flexible, easy to use-small wonder that the use of MAPLE continues to increase, particularly since the latest releases of MAPLE. The built-in nature of its numerical and graphical facilities gives MAPLE a distinct advantage over traditional programming languages, yet to date, no textbook h..

This second edition updates every chapter in the original work and adds new chapters to address the changes in healthcare delivery, the role of the physician executive, technology, medical education, small and rural hospitals...

With so many having nowhere else to turn for care, emergency departments (ED) have become cauldrons of resentment where neither the best needs of patient or hospital are served. Offering a solution to this fiscal and medical madness, this step-by-step guide shows how the application of Lean principl..

Delivering an accessible introduction to Kaizen principles, this volume is for hospital and medical organization leaders who want to engage every employee and physician in ongoing daily continuous improvement benefitting patients, staff, and the long-term good of the organization. Specifically writt..

"Practical strategies for delivering safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, patient-centered care"--Cover...

Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) has formalized its commitment to quality with the adoption of the STEEEP framework supporting the Institute of Medicine's call for health care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered. This Shingo Prize-winning guide book is a com..

_x000D_ Continuing professional development (CPD) is critical for the health IT professional. Healthcare is fast-paced, dynamic, ever-changing, and global. It’s both exciting and exhausting. And it is rapidly evolving through innovation, federal incentives, and technological advancements. For these ..

This book explains how to use Lean principles to drive innovation and strategic portfolio planning. It outlines simple yet powerful visual Lean tools that can enhance idea generation and product development. It discusses customer value in the form of the benefits customers desire and walks readers t..

Businesses require three optimized core components to run effectively: strategy, effective people, and branding. This book uses Lean principles along with graphics, charts, and tables to explain these three important components for every business. It presents a series of visual frameworks that allow..

With a lot of books already available on how to get an EMR installed, this book explores how to leverage that data and technology to change processes, cultures, and business models that position a health system for the future...

This book is about the development, delivery, roll-out and sustainment of the electronic health records using Lean management principles. The book will cover lean thinking in the requirements planning, designing, testing go-live, and sustainability phases of an EHR new installation, or optimization...