Comments on: Lean Healthcare: Thedacare http://www.leanblog.org/2005/12/lean-healthcare-thedacare/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob http://www.leanblog.org/2005/12/lean-healthcare-thedacare/#comment-270 Bob Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:49:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2005/12/lean-healthcare-thedacare/#comment-270 I read the recent article “Thedacare Shares Lean Secrets” from the 12/19/05 Post Cresent. I wanted to make you aware of a useful book in this area. The article is right that Thedacare needs to be commended for their application, but these aren’t “lean secrets.” They are something that many more hospitals and clinics need to pay close attention to before no one is able to afford healthcare anymore.<br/><br/>The new book described below explains the sources of U.S. healthcare cost problems and methods to control them. I suggest you and/or your colleagues get a copy. This is an important book for you to read as it describes the root causes of spiraling healthcare costs and proposes some solutions. It is about implementing LEAN operations in healthcare. It explains how efficient Toyota operating principles are applied to healthcare. It is shown below. I am the book’s author. I hope this helps your efforts. You may obtain in from the bookstore at http://www.qualitypress.asq.org/perl/catalog.cgi?item=H1255<br/><br/>which is the American Society for Quality website. It will help you. <br/><br/>Also, if you click on the small “sample” icon below (near the bottom of the just mentioned ASQ page), you’ll be able to read the table of contents and the text of several chapters of the book for free.<br/><br/>Best of luck with your efforts.<br/><br/>Thank You, Bob Chalice, M.S.<br/>Email: BobChalice@Charter.net<br/><br/>Book: "Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 38 Steps for Improvement"<br/>Robert Chalice <br/><br/>What differentiates this book from other healthcare improvement books is that it is the only one currently available that presents a simple recipe of 38 lean steps for healthcare providers to reduce cost and improve quality. By taking these straightforward steps, healthcare providers can adopt the same lean methods which have enabled companies like Toyota to become so successful.<br/><br/>The reader will learn to: understand and implement a 38-step recipe to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality at healthcare providers by using Toyota Lean Production methods; understand cost and quality issues facing healthcare in the U.S.; and implement a permanent organizational structure to continuously improve quality and cost within a healthcare organization.<br/><br/>Benefits:<br/><br/>The book’s appendices contain examples showing Toyota’s lean methods actually being applied to healthcare. <br/><br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I read the recent article “Thedacare Shares Lean Secrets” from the 12/19/05 Post Cresent. I wanted to make you aware of a useful book in this area. The article is right that Thedacare needs to be commended for their application, but these aren’t “lean secrets.” They are something that many more hospitals and clinics need to pay close attention to before no one is able to afford healthcare anymore.

The new book described below explains the sources of U.S. healthcare cost problems and methods to control them. I suggest you and/or your colleagues get a copy. This is an important book for you to read as it describes the root causes of spiraling healthcare costs and proposes some solutions. It is about implementing LEAN operations in healthcare. It explains how efficient Toyota operating principles are applied to healthcare. It is shown below. I am the book’s author. I hope this helps your efforts. You may obtain in from the bookstore at http://www.qualitypress.asq.org/perl/catalog.cgi?item=H1255

which is the American Society for Quality website. It will help you.

Also, if you click on the small “sample” icon below (near the bottom of the just mentioned ASQ page), you’ll be able to read the table of contents and the text of several chapters of the book for free.

Best of luck with your efforts.

Thank You, Bob Chalice, M.S.
Email: BobChalice@Charter.net

Book: “Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 38 Steps for Improvement”
Robert Chalice

What differentiates this book from other healthcare improvement books is that it is the only one currently available that presents a simple recipe of 38 lean steps for healthcare providers to reduce cost and improve quality. By taking these straightforward steps, healthcare providers can adopt the same lean methods which have enabled companies like Toyota to become so successful.

The reader will learn to: understand and implement a 38-step recipe to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality at healthcare providers by using Toyota Lean Production methods; understand cost and quality issues facing healthcare in the U.S.; and implement a permanent organizational structure to continuously improve quality and cost within a healthcare organization.

Benefits:

The book’s appendices contain examples showing Toyota’s lean methods actually being applied to healthcare.

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