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Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories
book

Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories

by Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
330 pages
13h 59m
English
Productivity Press
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Batching vs. Lean Thinking
andFlow
BATCHING VS. LEAN THINKING AND FLOW
The current cost and quality pressures hospitals are facing provide a natural burning platform for
Lean introduction. 10 years ago, I had to convince the leadership teams change was necessary, and
those opportunities existed. This is no longer the case… the ‘pull’ for Lean is evident
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—Tom Chickerella Corporate VP & Program Management Ofcer
Vanguard Health Systems, Nashville, Tennessee
Lean thinking is the continual and relentless pursuit of eliminating waste in our systems and pro-
cesses. To think Lean is to think of how we can eliminate waste in every activity we do. The ...
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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781482234473