The Lean Healthcare Dictionary: An Illustrated Guide to Using the Language of Lean Management in Healthcare 1st edition

In today's economy, with reduced reimbursement and higher scrutiny on quality patient care, those in traditional management engineering roles are required to change from manufacturing positions to roles as process improvement specialists. Nurses are participating in Lean training and coming out thinking the consultants don't understand their work. This book combines Lean terminology and healthcare terms. Each entry provides a complete description of a Lean term and provides an example of its use in healthcare. Conversely, healthcare terms are related back to its use within a Lean environment. It's a dual-faceted book which explains Lean and healthcare terminology.