Improving Healthcare Operations The Application of Lean, Agile and Leagility in Care Pathway Design /

• Main Author: Williams, Sharon J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business logistics.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Health Care Management.; Supply Chain Management.

“This study provides an excellent, detailed view of how improvement concepts such as Lean and Agile can be operationalised within a healthcare environment. The carefully crafted analysis provides a unique insight to what operations management and supply chain management thinking can contribute to un...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Healthcare systems in the 21st Century
• Chapter 2 Improving Healthcare systems
• Chapter 3 Lean in Healthcare
• Chapter 4 Delivering Agile & Person-centred care
• Chapter 5 Leanness plus Agility = Leagility
• Chapter 6 Methodology
• Chapter 7 Analysis of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) pathway: Lean, Agile and Leagility
• Chapter 8 Analysis of the Huntington’s Disease (HD) pathway: Lean, Agile and Leagility
• Chapter 9 Discussion and theoretical reflections
• Chapter 10 Conclusions and Future Research Agenda.