(Please see the newer version entitled The New Lean Healthcare Pocket Guide XL.) The Lean Healthcare Pocket Guide XL is a collection of Lean tool examples and definitions from healthcare professionals and Lean sensei. It provides easy-to-use and easy-to-understand tools, methods, and concepts based on the world-class Toyota Motor Company. These practices are commonly referred to as Lean. The Lean Healthcare Pocket Guide XL is designed for use as a convenient and quick reference as you learn and implement the Lean tools as they apply to those challenging situations in healthcare. You can put your finger on any tool within a matter of seconds! Find the right tool for the right Lean initiative by using either the Table of Contents or the Lean Healthcare Tool Usage Matrix. A Table of Contents offers an alphabetical list of tools, techniques, and supporting information. The Lean Healthcare Tool Usage Matrix organizes the Lean tools and concepts relative to three important broad Lean philosophies. The philosophies are: Stabilize - It is critical that excess movement of work and variation of process be removed first. It is difficult to apply Lean when variation exists. Standardize - Once an area or a process has been stabilized, formal standards via work rules, charts, and visual controls must be used to further eliminate variation. Simplify - As an organization stabilizes and standardizes processes, it must level the work loads among staff to ensure effective and efficient service is provided to the patient or other healthcare provider. As you continue with the implementation of Lean initiatives throughout this pocket guide, assess, treat, diagnosis, and prevent will be the overriding themes. The following topics are covered: 5S, Continuous Flow, Cycle Time, Document Tagging, Error Proofing, Goals and Outcomes, Goal Card, Healthcare Case for Lean, Interruptions and Random Arrivals, Just-In-Time,Kaizen Events ,Kanbans for Supplies, Leveling, Measurement Techniques, Paper File System, Physical Layout, Pitch, Predictable Outcome, Problem Solving, Pull Systems, Reporting and Communications, Resistance to Change, Runners, Six Sigma, Standard Work, Takt Time, Value Stream Mapping, Visual Controls, Waste, and Work Load Balancing. There are over a dozen case studies demonstrating the use of various Lean tools throughout the guide.
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The Lean Healthcare Pocket Guide XL is a wealth of Lean tools relating on how to improve processes within healthcare. --Suzanne Morrison, RN
A gem of information for improving healthcare is contained in this book! --Joanne Darnelle, RN, Six Sigma Black Belt
A gem of information for improving healthcare is contained in this book! --Joanne Darnelle, RN, Six Sigma Black Belt
A gem of information for improving healthcare is contained in this book! --Joanne Darnelle, RN, Six Sigma Black Belt
A gem of information for improving healthcare is contained in this book! --Joanne Darnelle, RN, Six Sigma Black Belt
About the Author
Debra K. Hadfield, RN, MSN, CFPN has worked in the clinical, hospital, and educational fields applying Lean Healthcare principles for over ten years. Ms. Hadfield began her career as a nurse intern with Methodist Hospital of Indiana. She continued applying improvement initiatives in the healthcare field with positions at Michigan State University, The University of Michigan, Andrews University, Michigan Capital Medical Center, and Battle Creek Family Practice, to name a few. Her enthusiasm for improving patient care and processes is a breath of fresh air to the healthcare community. Shelagh Holmes, RN, has 22 years of nursing experience. Ms. Holmes has held a wide range of healthcare positions, including: emergency room nurse, nurse manager, consolidation program manager, university instructor, labor coach, and medical clinic manager. She utilized continuous improvement concepts in all her positions to improve patient care and improve the facilities bottom line. Her experience implementing best practices in the clinical and teaching fields provides unique insights into improving healthcare processes.
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Our organization distributes this booklet to all who are receiving Lean Management/Lean Green Belt training - that's 350 people so far. We find it concise enough to be handy, and detailed enough to be useful. The larger format is excellent for reviewing, although we also like the pocket version for portability. This is a fine resource for those who have had some training and need a quick reminder about the tools and concepts of lean in healthcare.
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I found this larger version of The Lean Healthcare Pocket Guide very useful. The forms are easier to read with this larger format. We review the case studies with our kaizen teams to discuss similar applications to our type Lean initiatives. Case studies alone are worth the price of this book. We purchase these for all our continuous improvement team members (and they are used all of the time).
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