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Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services
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Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services

by Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
354 pages
15h 2m
English
Productivity Press
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Everyone in the organization should be aligned to the same goals with NO SILOS, where each
patient is OUR patient, not THEIR patient. Some Lean ideas would be:
Require that centralized departments become decentralized.
Radiology (currently done with portable x-ray machines) and a mini laboratory co-located
in the ED department, if possible.
Each department responsible for its own transportation.
Every department owns every patient and the patient’s outcome.
Put processes, materials and equipment in line and at point of use.
Right size laboratory testing, i.e., implement tests at point ...
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ISBN: 9781482237290