The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using Toyota-Based Methods Contributor(s): Grunden, Naida (Author) |
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ISBN: 1563273675 ISBN-13: 9781563273674 Publisher: Productivity Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: In" The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare, "Naida Grundenprovides a hopeful look at how principles borrowed from industry ??? in specific Toyota??'s concept of lean manufacturing -- can be applied to make healthcare safer, and in doing so, make it more effective and less costly. The book is a compilation of case studies from units in different hospitals around the Pittsburgh region that successfully applied industrial principles to the benefit of patients and the satisfaction of employees. This book has already received rave reviews from a large number of public policy and health experts. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues - Medical | Hospital Administration & Care - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
Dewey: 362.110 |
LCCN: 2007042982 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.45" W x 9.03" (0.95 lbs) 224 pages |
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Publisher Description: Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award In The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare, Naida Grunden provides a ingenious and optimistic look at how principles borrowed from industry can be applied to make healthcare safer, and in doing so, make it more effective and less costly. The book is a compilation of case studies from units in different hospitals around the Pittsburgh region that successfully applied industrial principles to the benefit of patients and the satisfaction of employees. The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare is written for all healthcare stakeholders - from clinicians to insurers to employers to those who have the greatest stake in healthcare quality improvement, the patients. About the Author: Naida Grunden has been a business and technical writer for over 25 years, specializing for the past six years in health and medical writing for the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative. She writes the PRHI Executive Summary newsletter, a publication she founded in 2001 (www.prhi.org). Her work has appeared in publications as varied as the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety and Air Line Pilot magazine. Ms. Grunden received the 2006 Challenge Award from the American College of Clinical Engineering for her article on the VA wheelchair work in Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology magazine. Ms. Grunden completed her B.A. in English at California State University, East Bay, and her secondary English teaching credential at California State University, San Francisco. She lives in Bellingham, Washington. Visit her website at www.NaidaGrunden.com. |