Lean-led hospital design creating the efficient hospital of the future

"The constrained atmosphere of rising costs and falling reimbursement threatening the efficiency and safety of the American hospital is practically screaming for Lean-led design and planning. Addressing years of process workarounds and poor space utilization, this book takes readers through the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grunden, Naida (-)
Other Authors: Hagood, Charles
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press 2012.
Edition:1st edition
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628895806719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The two faces of lean : process design and facility design
  • 2. Traditional vs. lean-led hospital design
  • 3. A model for lean-led design
  • 4. Are we too late?
  • 5. Are we too early?
  • 6. Standardization supports flexibility
  • 7. When to break the rules
  • 8. At the tipping point
  • 9. Cultural context for lean-led design
  • 10. Lean technology
  • 11. Looking to the future.