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Author
Publisher
Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (338 pages)
Language
English
Description
Instead of building new hospitals that import old systems and problems, the time has come to reexamine many of our ideas about what a hospital should be. Can a building foster continuous improvement? How can we design it to be flexible and useful well into the future? How can we do more with less? Winner of a 2013 Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence! Answering these questions and more, Lean-Led Hospital Design: Creating the Efficient Hospital...
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Series
Publisher
Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (123 pages).
Language
English
Description
Tens of thousands of patients die unnecessarily every year as a result of errors and defects in our healthcare processes. Those that survive often pay too much for the privilege. The value stream mapping methods described in Mapping Clinical Value Streams will help you achieve more efficient health care processes and will pave the way to an improve.
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley (India)
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Hospital managers require problem solving skills besides developing a conceptual understanding of hospital management challenges, in order to be effective and efficient in service delivery.
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Series
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (219 pages).
Language
English
Description
The third book in the Healthcare Payment Systems series, Prospective Payment Systems examines the various types of prospective payment systems (PPS) used by healthcare providers and third-party payers. Emphasizing the basic elements of PPS, it considers the many variations of payment for hospital inpatient and outpatient services, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, long-term hospital care, and rehabilitation facilities along with other...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (272 pages)
Language
English
Description
Due to the countless variables that affect revenue and cost, the hospital reimbursement process is by far the most complex of any industry. Requiring only a basic financial background and a working knowledge of accounting, Hospital Reimbursement: Concepts and Principles supplies a clear understanding of the concepts and principles that drive the revenue cycle within a hospital setting. The book explains the technical aspects of reimbursement in language...
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Language
English
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Description
This innovation guide shows you how to: inspire and ignite trailblazing innovation in your workplace; design a new business model that's creative, collaborative, and sustainable; apply the traditional scientific method to the latest innovations in "design thinking"; build a customized toolkit of the best practices, project portfolios, and strategies; increase your innovation capacity--and watch how quickly you succeed. These field-tested techniques...
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English
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There's a revolution going on right now. On the frontiers of medicine, some doctors have developed an approach for treating people that is more effective, more humane, and more affordable. It's an approach to healthcare that has captured the attention of the media and business elite--and the President of the United States. It's all happening at Cleveland Clinic, one of the most innovative, forward-looking medical institutions in the nation. In this...
Author
Publisher
Productivity Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (138 pages) : 46 illustrations
Language
English
Description
Case management has become one of the most effective means by which a continuum of care functions effectively and efficiently. A complete examination of the application of continuum of care, The Case Management Workbook: Defining the Role of Physicians, Nurses, and Case Managers defines the roles of the case management team and provides an overview of key post acute venues of care. It supplies an overview of the process, its structure, and the responsibility...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This book explains how to modernize your HR systems through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), information technology (IT), and other empirical methods. Identifying new technologies and processes that can help to reduce HR labor costs while increasing efficiency and quality of care, it examines the weaknesses that exist in the hiring and employee management practices of today's healthcare organizations. With a focus on the systemic issues related...
Author
Publisher
FT Press
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
By one estimate, the U.S. wastes $480 billion annually on healthcare expenditures that don't improve care. Worse, because of faulty systems - not personnel - up to 98,000 people die every year due to preventable medical errors - and that doesn't count non-terminal events such as hospital-acquired infections. In Hospital Operations , two leading operations management experts and four senior physicians demonstrate how to apply new OM advances to substantially...
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Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
©2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 322 pages)
Language
English
Description
"The Aravind Eye Hospital, based in India, is the world's largest provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the world's most incredible and revolutionary organizations - delivering surgical outcomes equal to or exceeding those in the developed world at less than one percent of the cost, treating more than half of its patients free of charge, and taking no grants or donations. Aravind's success is so perplexing it has been the subject of...
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Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume)
Language
English
Description
In the fast-paced environment of healthcare, tense, complicated, and unpredictable interactions are a guarantee. Clear communication is an absolute necessity for resolving workplace conflicts and keeping patients fully educated in what can literally be life or death situations.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 348 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals explains how to use tested LSS methods and tools to achieve the goals of better, faster, and cheaper healthcare. These strategies follow the patient from the front door of the hospital or emergency room all the way through discharge, examining key aspects of patient flow and quality and also follow the trail of billing and collections to discover major leaks in cash flow. The book emphasizes both the clinical and operational...
Author
Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Rather than view patients simply as sick people who need treatment, Cleveland Clinic sees them also as important stakeholders in the organization's success. Patients are customers--who desire, pay for, and deserve the best possible care and experience during what is often a challenging time in their lives. Featuring customer service case studies, as well as invaluable insight from C-level executives at top corporations in various industries, Service...
Author
Publisher
Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This book is part of a series of titles that are a spin-off of the Shingo Prize-winning book Leveraging Lean in Healthcare: Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System. Each book in the series focuses on a specific aspect of healthcare that has demonstrated significant process and quality improvements after a Lean implementation. There are many departments within a hospital that support the primary function of caregiving...
16) Management lessons from Mayo Clinic: inside one of the world's most admired service organizations
Author
Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Language
English
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Description
Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic reveals for the first time how this complex service organization fosters a culture that exceeds customer expectations and earns deep loyalty from both customers and employees. Service business authority Leonard Berry and Mayo Clinic marketing administrator Kent Seltman explain how the Clinic implements and maintains its strategy, adheres to its management system, executes its care model, and embraces new knowledge...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Language
English
Description
"The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning international bestseller lays out a framework for defining and understanding Lean hospitals. It starts off by examining the challenges faced by hospitals, including rising costs, falling reimbursement rates, employee retention, and patient safety and satisfaction. Full of examples and case studies, the second edition has been updated to reflect current pressures on hospitals, including the Affordable Care...
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