Lean Six Sigma Case Studies in the Healthcare Enterprise

• Main Author: Furterer, Sandra L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Organization.; Planning.; Health administration.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Health Administration.

This book provides a detailed description of how to apply Lean Six Sigma in the health care industry, with a special emphasis on process improvement and operations management in hospitals.  The book begins with a description of the Enterprise Performance Excellence (EPE) improvement methodology deve...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Underlying Concepts Evolving to Business Architecture
• Phase I: Enterprise Planning
• Phase II: Strategic Business Process Architecture Modeling
• Lean Six Sigma
• Conclusions.