Lean Design in Healthcare : A Journey to Improve Quality and Process of Care

Title: Lean Design in Healthcare : A Journey to Improve Quality and Process of Care
Author: Adam Ward
ISBN: 1032178590 / 9781032178592
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 164
Publisher: Productivity Press
Year: 2021
Availability: In Stock

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This book gives the reader an inside look at creating a new healthcare service using practical examples and scenarios one would face if doing it themselves. This book chronicles the journey of a fictitious healthcare delivery organization using the Simpler Design System principles based on Lean methodologies. While the characters and actual story is fictitious, it is based on the journey many healthcare systems and clients have taken, the issues they have faced, and the successes and failures they’ve had.

Tools and approaches used are based on the actual work of Simpler. The story format engages readers and is intended to motivate and inspire executive teams to use the tenets of the book as a guide to launch their own successful implementation of an idea-to-launch methodology. Tools include those gleaned from actual application of Lean Product Development, Agile, Design for Six Sigma, and Design Thinking Principles.

Through engaging storytelling and practical theory, this book is written from the perspective of a physician leader that agrees to be the executive sponsor for a service redesign. As the story progresses, the sponsor becomes fascinated with the process and becomes the first VP of Innovation within his organization.

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Foreword
Preface
Author

Chapter 1 : The Players
Chapter 2 : The Basics
Chapter 3 : Basic Tools
Chapter 4 : RED Framework
Chapter 5 : Project Reflections

Index