The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen: Leadership for a Continuously Learning and Improving Organization

Graban, Mark; Swartz, Joseph E.

ISBN 10: 1138431753 / ISBN 13: 9781138431751

Published by Productivity Press, 2017

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• Title: The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen: Leadership for a Continuously Learning and Improving Organization
• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138431753
• ISBN 13: 9781138431751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Hospitals and health systems are facing many challenges, including shrinking reimbursements and the need to improve patient safety and quality. A growing number of healthcare organizations are turning to the Lean management system as an alternative to traditional cost cutting and layoffs. "Kaizen," which is translated from Japanese as "good change" or "change for the better," is a core pillar of the Lean strategy for today‘s best healthcare organizations.Kaizen is a powerful approach for creating a continuously learning and continuously improving organizations. A Kaizen culture leads to everyday actions that improve patient care and create better workplaces, while improving the organization‘s long-term bottom line. The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen is the perfect introduction to executives and leaders who want to create and support this culture of continuous improvement.The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen is an introduction to kaizen principles and an overview of the leadership behaviors and mindsets required to create a kaizen culture or a culture of continuous improvement. The book is specifically written for busy C-level executives, vice presidents, directors, and managers who need to understand the power of this methodology. The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen shares real and practical examples and stories from leading healthcare organizations, including Franciscan St. Francis Health System, located in Indiana. Franciscan St. Francis employees and physicians have implemented and documented 4,000 Kaizen improvements each of the last three years, resulting in millions of dollars in hard savings and softer benefits for patients and staff. Chapters cover topics such as the need for Kaizen, different types of Kaizen (including Rapid Improvement Events and daily Kaizen), creating a Kaizen culture, practical methods for facilitating Kaiz

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Mark Graban, Joseph E. Swartz