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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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Other Authors: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini (Editor), Al-Hakim, Latif (Editor), Gonzalez, Chris (Editor), Tan, Joseph (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age
Subjects:
Health Administration
Business
Health Informatics
Management Science
Medical Informatics
Business And Management
Public Health Administration
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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