Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements

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Kaizen is...

"... a management methodology of continuous improvement that must permeate the fabric of the entire organization... This book will help health care organizations around the world..." - Gary Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE, FACPE - Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Medical Center

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Find Opportunities

Teach all staff to identify waste, problems, and opportunities for improvement in their own daly work - that's kaizen!

Discuss & Implement

Staff discuss their ideas with leaders and their team in a collaborative way, implementing improvements using the scientific method.

Document & Share

Using simple formats, share kaizens with the broader healthcare organization to give recognition and inspire more improvement.

Why "Healthcare Kaizen"?

Healthcare organizations are under incredible pressure to improve quality and reduce costs. Kaizen, as a methodology, gives us a way to engage front-line staff and leaders so they are more fulfilled through the improvement of their work, providing the best possible patient care.

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Reviews & Praise

The philosophy, tools and techniques discussed in the book work, and work well, in any environment. We in healthcare must improve - we owe it to our patients and communities - and Mark and Joe are helping to show us the way.

- Dean Bliss, Iowa Healthcare Collaborative

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About the Authors

Mark Graban & Joe Swartz
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