Lean Thinking for Healthcare

by Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Book Overview

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 delivery. An

unexpected source of solutions is being imported from the manufacturing sector: lean thinking.

Lean Principles for Healthcare...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461480353
• ISBN13: 9781461480358
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 645 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"