Lean Thinking for Healthcare
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...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Σειρά: | Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Section 1 Key Concepts, Tools and Techniques
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Lean Principles for Healthcare
- Chapter 2 Artificial Neural Network Excellence to Facilitate Lean Thinking Adoption in Healthcare Contexts
- Chapter 3 The Suitability of Artificial Neural Networks in Service Quality Control and Forecasting
- Chapter 4 The Application of Lean in the Healthcare Sector: Theory and Practical Examples
- Chapter 5 Business Value of IT in Health Care
- Chapter 6 Initiatives of Service Orientated Architecture towards Performance Improvement in Healthcare
- Chapter 7 Adapted Lean Thinking for Emergency Departments: Information Quality Perspective.-Section 2 Applications of Lean Thinking Around the Healthcare World
- Introduction
- Chapter 8 Adapted Lean Thinking for for Healthcare Services: An Empirical Study in the Traditional Chinese Hospital
- Chapter 9 Lean Thinking in Dementia Care Through Smart Assistive Technology - an Evaluation
- Chapter 10 A Delphi Study on Developing a Conceptual Framework to Understand the Perception of Iranian Physicians Towards Electronic Health Records
- Chapter 11 Trying to Streamline Healthcare Delivery in Australia via the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record(PCEHR)
- Chapter 12 Identifying Critical Issues for Developing Successful E-health Solutions
- Chapter 13 Applying the Principles of KM to Effect Streamlined Healthcare Operations: A Malaysian Case Study
- Chapter 14 Re-making Rosa Medical Center: A 5-Step Approach to Transitioning with Lean
- Chapter 15 Lean Thinking and Customer Focus
- Section 3 Macro issues
- Introduction
- Chapter 16 Applying A System of Systems Approach to Healthcare
- Chapter 17 The Role for a Healthcare System of Systems Approach Coupled with Collaborative Technologies to Provide Superior Healthcare Delivery
- Chapter 18 The Role Of A Disruptive Pervasive Technology Solution to Facilitate Better Healthcare Delivery to Native American Patients
- Chapter 19 Designing Enabling Regulatory Frameworks to Facilitate the Diffusion of Wireless Technology Solutions in Healthcare
- Chapter 20 Improving healthcare service quality and patients’ life quality through mobile technologies: the case of Diabetes self-management
- Chapter 21 The Role of Online Social Networks in Consumer Health Informatics: An Example of the Implicit Incorporation of Lean Principles
- Chapter 22 Supporting preventative healthcare with persuasive services
- Chapter 23 Using Technology Solutions to Streamline Healthcare Processes for Nursing: The Case of an Intelligent Operational Planning Support Tool (IOPST) Solution
- Chapter 24 Using an e-health Strategy to facilitate the design and development of effective healthcare processes.-Section 4 Micro issues
- Introduction
- Chapter 25 Value Stream Mapping in Lean Healthcare: A brief Introduction and Application
- Chapter 26 Using Value Stream Mapping to Improve Processes in a Urology Department
- Chapter 27 A Technology Mediated Solution to Reduce Healthcare Disparities.-Section 5 Case Studies.-Introduction. - Chapter 28 Process models, its inefficiencies and recommendations of the emergency department of the Marienhospital
- Chapter 29 Simulation Study - Clinical Center Esslingen
- Chapter 30 Emergency Department Katharinenhospital Stuttgar
- Chapter 31 Business Process Modeling and measuring waiting times in a German ED. An approach for identifying improvements.
