Lean Six Sigma for the Healthcare Enterprise (2nd Edition) [#1032662]

Lean Six Sigma for the Healthcare Enterprise: Methods, Tools and Applications
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1447176162 | 488 Pages | PDF (True) | 46 MB
This book provides a detailed description of how to apply Lean Six Sigma in the health care industry, with a special emphasis on process improvement and operations management in hospitals. This book begins with a description of the Enterprise Performance Excellence (EPE) improvement methodology developed by the author that links several methodologies including systems thinking, theory of constraints, Lean and Six Sigma to provide an enterprise-wide prioritization and value-chain view of health care. The EPE methodology helps to improve flow at the macro or value-chain level, and then identifies Lean Six Sigma detailed improvements that can further improve processes within the value-chain.