Dr. Jaap van Ede, a Dutch journalist and researcher on business improvement methods (such as Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, QRM, and TPM), has posted a summary and review of my book Lean Hospitals. The review is titled ”A well-balanced introduction to Lean in hospitals.” His summary can be viewed at left (click for a larger view) or visit his website for the entire review.

One piece of constructive criticism is that I didn’t lay out a clear business case for Lean, or at least directly so, in the book. Fair enough, and I’ll address that here in this blog post.

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About LeanBlog.org: Mark Graban is a consultant, author, and speaker in the “lean healthcare” methodology, focused on improving quality and patient safety, improving access, reducing costs, and fully engaging healthcare professionals. He is also the Chief Improvement Officer for KaiNexus.