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Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation
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Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation

by Paul E. Plsek
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
216 pages
7h 22m
English
Productivity Press
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6 ◾  Accelerating Health Care Transformation
Toyota Production System methods are also applied to corporate and support
functions. Lean project work to continually root out waste in 2012 reduced inven-
tory of supplies on hospital floors by over $40,000, without compromising quality,
safety, or staff productivity. Systematic waste reduction efforts in the surgery supply
chain, involving 404 procedure types and 93 surgeons, resulted in a reduction of
over 37,000 individual supplies, decreasing the weight of pans carried to and from
the operating room by over 83 tons annually. Overall, supply chain cost reductions
such as these have netted $2 mi
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ISBN: 9781482203837