Books in the Lean Tools for Healthcare Series series

Offers an understanding of Kaizen. This book describes what a Kaizen event is and explains the phases to learn and implement continuous improvement practices by a group of individuals to a targeted area within a specified time period. It also outlines how to prepare a presentation and circulate and display results using lean implementations.

Standard work is a major component of kaizen activities and effective Lean tools. Part of the Lean Tools for Healthcare Series, this user-friendly book contains innovative features designed to optimize this tool 's use. The text explains how standard work establishes the best way to do work and why it should be the basis for all continuous improvement activities. It describes work in terms of cycle time, work in process, takt time, and layout. Margin assists reveal key terms and points, how-to steps, and healthcare examples, making this a valuable resource for healthcare professionals starting their Lean journey.

The value stream mapping methods described in Mapping Clinical Value Streams will help you achieve more efficient healthcare processes and will pave the way to an improved medical system with significantly reduced medical errors and other costly waste. Presented in an easy-to-assimilate format, the book includes examples from actual healthcare processes, plus numerous illustrations and margin assists that call your attention to key points. Value stream mapping icons make it easy to see and understand the ebb and flow of healthcare processes.

The change from traditional ways of producing and managing healthcare services to a just-in-time approach requires a new understanding about what adds value for the patient or customer, and what does not. Just-in-Time for Healthcare is intended to share powerful knowledge that will help you participate effectively in the change to just-in-time.Part of the Lean Tools for Healthcare series, this user-friendly book is designed to improve understanding of the just-in-time (JIT) system that is fundamental to providing lean healthcare services and eliminating waste from healthcare processes. The book covers why JIT is important for healthcare by explaining how it enables a healthcare organization to efficiently and reliably produce the quality services its patients require¿when they need them, where they need them, and in the amount they need.This book also - Addresses the basic concepts of just-in-time in healthcare, including flow, pull, and kanban systems Describes the principles and benefits of process flow layouts versus operations-based layouts Reviews the importance of standard work as the foundation for continuous improvement Outlines support techniques for just-in-time such as 5S, visual management techniques, quick setup, mistake proofing, and the essential concepts of lean management Includes real-world healthcare examples. Presented in practical terms, this fundamental book shows how lean principles and tools connect in a just-in-time system. It is ideally suited for both individual and group learning.

Mistake proofing, or poka-yoke, is an improvement methodology in which a device or method is used to prevent defects or errors in processes. Mistake Proofing for Lean Healthcare introduces the main concepts and benefits of mistake proofing and highlights common reasons that errors and defects occur. It also explains how to catch errors before they become defects so readers can ensure quality before a process is performed. The book includes numerous real-life examples.

Offers an understanding of Kaizen. This book describes what a Kaizen event is and explains the phases to learn and implement continuous improvement practices by a group of individuals to a targeted area within a specified time period. It also outlines how to prepare a presentation and circulate and display results using lean implementations.

Based on Hiroyuki Hirano's classic "5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace" and modeled after the Shingo Prize-winning "Shopfloor Series for Lean Manufacturers", this work adopts a reader-friendly format to impart the information needed to understand and efficiently implement lean methodology in a healthcare setting.