Lean Thinking for Healthcare

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini (Editor), Al-Hakim, Latif (Editor), Gonzalez, Chris (Editor), Tan, Joseph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age
• Subjects: Medicine.; Business.; Management science.; Health administration.; Health informatics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Administration.; Business and Management, general.; Health Informatics.

A growing, aging population; the rise to epidemic proportions of various chronic diseases; competing, often overlapping medical technologies; and of course, skyrocketing costs compounded by waste and inefficiency - these are just a few of the multifarious challenges currently facing healthcare deliv...