The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using Toyota Based Methods
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1563273675 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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K. Cohn said PRHI in the News. Great book. I especially enjoyed the chapter on myths about electronic health records, which makes the best case to date for doctors about "What's in it for me?"Other sections, such as making handoffs safer and reducing medication errors are full of practical suggestions for improving care for our communities.I heartily recommend reading this book and implementing its suggestions.Kenneth H. Cohn, M.D.Author of "Better Communication for Better Care" and "Collaborate for Success!". Translating Lean/Toyota into Healthcare Tania R. Lyon Full disclosure: I used to work with Naida Grunden at PRHI and was involved with some of the work she describes in her book. But it is precisely because I was buried in the weeds of the work that I appreciate Grunden's ability to extract a fair, accurate, and engaging narrative out of each story. She is a superb writer and I've found this book to be the ideal text for introducing healthcare workers to the connection between Toyota and healthcare.I have since moved on from PRHI and am currently leading a hospital through a lean transformation. To that end I teach an 8. Outstanding documentation of important Lean improvement efforts Mark Graban Naida's book is a must-read for those working with Lean in healthcare or clinical quality improvement.It covers the journey of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative and their innovative work over the past few years.A particular highlight is the documentation of the efforts of Dr. Richard Shannon and others to reduce hospital-acquired infections through the use of Lean methods.There are many photographs and real examples that emphasize that it's not just a theoretical exercise that Lean works in healthcare.This book is well-written and will inspire you to take
Grunden answers these questions through dozens of fascinating examples which really happened in Pittsburgh’s hospitals and are replicable virtually anywhere.Christopher Guadagnino, Managing Editor, Physician’s News Digest. Wachter, MD, Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco, Chief of the Medical Service, UCSF Medical Center Editor, AHRQ WebM&M and Patient Safety NetworkAt a time when we are overwhelmed by the staggering evidence that health care systems that we dep
Visit her website at NaidaGrunden.. She writes the PRHI Executive Summary newsletter, a publication she founded in 2001 (prhi). Ms. Naida Grunden has been a business and technical writer for over 25 years, specializing for the past six years in health and medical writing for the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative. Ms. Grunden completed her B.A. Her work has appeared in
While we have plenty of data identifying where healthcare in America falls short, we’ve precious little practical, hands-on information about how to fix it. About the Author:Naida Grunden has been a business and technical writer for over 25 years, specializing for the past six years in health and medical writing for the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative. She writes the PRHI Executive Summary newsletter, a publication she founded in 2001 (prhi). She lives in Bellingham, Washington. Her work has appeared in publications as varied as the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety and Air Line Pilot magazine. The book is a compilation of case studies from units in different hospitals around the Pittsburgh region that successfully applied industrial principles to the benefit of patients and the satisfaction of employees. Grunden received the 2006 Challenge Award from the American College of Clinical Engineering for her article on the VA wheelchair work in Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology magazine. in English at California State University, East Bay, and her secondary English teaching credential at California State University, San Francisco. Grunden completed her B.A. Ms. Visit her website at NaidaGrunden.