Activity Doesn t Mean Achievement: Identifying Waste in Healthcare - Softcover

Todd Sperl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990312399 ISBN 13: 9780990312390

Publisher: MCS Media, Inc., 2016

Synopsis

Activity Doesn t Mean Achievement: Identifying Waste in Healthcare provides a practical approach to educate and communicate to healthcare staff on the various types of wastes that may exist in their processes as well as provide guidance in possible ways to eliminate those wastes. Subsequently, individuals and teams can work to eliminate those specific wastes through Kaizen or Rapid Improvement Events. The purpose of this book is to provide: - A standard communication platform for defining the 12 wastes for an individual as well as a team - EXAMPLES of healthcare waste that may trigger ideas of wasteful processes in your facility - Questions to help DETECT wastes in current processes - Suggestions of Lean and Six Sigma methods to ELIMINATE wastes - Innovative ways to conduct a Waste Walk - An example of a Waste Audit and Waste Walk - Space in the book to document current wasteful processes as well as ideas for eliminating those wastes - Definitions for the basic Lean and Six Sigma tools - A case study on how one facility used the simple concept of waste to engage staff in their Lean journey Any book, white paper, blog, tweet, etc. on Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, etc. must recognize not only the importance of having staff learn about and identify wastes, as well as the array of Lean Six Sigma tools and concepts to eliminate those wastes, but also recognize the importance of leadership to ensure employees are engaged in an improvement project. This is accomplished through the following activities, in which, all have an equally important part: - Leaders must provide direction for continuous improvement through continual communications and involvement (See the ebook The Lean Sigma Roadmap and Gemba Walk Guide - Healthcare Edition or Practical Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare app). - An organization should have a standard approach for teams and individuals to improve processes (See the book Kaizen Demystified). - Leaders at all levels must continually link (align) the strategic direction of the organization to departmental, team, and personal goals. - Leaders must learn to lead from the front, within, and the rear of teams when facilitating improvement projects. - Ensure that the previous 1-4 activities respect staff at all times. It is with great pleasure to present Activity Doesn t Mean Achievement: Identifying Waste in Healthcare to all types of healthcare facilities to further provide assistance to not only reduce wastes (and costs), but at the same time improve patient safety, quality of care, and quick access to care. While healthcare is aggressively using a variety of ways to improve the continuum of care, we believe that learning about and identifying wastes in this format will assist this endeavor.

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About the Author

Todd Sperl is an enthusiastic, creative speaker and process improvement expert who looks beyond today s problems to find tomorrow s solutions. As Owner and Managing Partner of Lean Fox Solutions, Todd s vision is to improve the patient care experience from one healthcare touch point to the next. As a Master Black Belt and Lean Sensei, Todd s exceptional track record of process improvement has been based on his philosophy of total enterprise engagement in change. Todd received his BS in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and an MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from St. Mary s University in San Antonio, Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: MCS Media, Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0990312399
• ISBN 13: 9780990312390
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Illustrator: Tsai-Yu Jan
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 88