| | |  | Lean Implementation | Home » » » » Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 38 Steps for Improvement | | | | | | | Description: | | 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. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Robert Chalice | | Paperback:
| 192 pages | | Publisher:
| ASQ Quality Press | | Publication Date:
| June 01, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0873896572 | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Glaring Quality DefectMay 11, 2006
By Mark Graban
"Blogger, author, consultant, speaker"
I'm skeptical of a lean book when there is a glaring defect on the spine of the book. The cover has the correct title, "Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 38 Steps for Improvement."
The spine says "Stop Rising Healthcare Cost Using Toyota Lean Production Methods: 35 Steps for Improvement."
That's two defects: "Cost" and "35".
That doesn't set a good example for quality in a book that is supposed to be about quality improvement in healthcare.
(Edit: This error was corrected for the 2nd printing of the book, in the spirit of continuous improvement).
On the plus side, there is a lot of information in the book and it is focused on healthcare. I don't care for the way it is organized, "38 easy steps" isn't very inviting. There isn't a 38-step sequential process you can go through for lean.
I'd recommend that healthcare people instead read "Lean Thinking", "The Toyota Way", and the excellent Harvard Business Review writings of Steve Spear. Understand lean concepts, then figure out how to apply them to your healthcare environment. You won't find any easier answers in this book.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent cost and quality improvement book for healthcareJul 13, 2006
By Walter
"Walter"
This is an excellent easy to read book for improving healthcare cost and quality ... sorely needed. It presents 38 straight forward LEAN steps to improve quality and cost. These are things we can do now. Its appendices contain some good real world examples for applying LEAN to healthcare. Great book to help reduce spiraling healthcare and insurance premium costs.
3 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Great book for people concerned with healthcare mgmtJul 26, 2005
By Lief C. Larson
"Lars0926"
Although Robert Chalice does thoroughly identify major healthcare system problems, he balances this with a creative approach to addressing rising costs using a proven model from a totally unrelated industry. More than ever, the exploration and use of new ideas to address these issues becomes practical. This book is constructive in approach and the 38-step recipe for sheds light on area of improvement that have been perceived, but for some reason not implemented by many managers in this area. This book is nearly worth its weight in gold.
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