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waste from your organization while
improving access, quality, safety, and service
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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/B09JJJ722V This 402 page book is written for
healthcare leaders, managers, physicians, and professionals that are looking for ways to improve
access, quality, safety, and service while reducing or maintaining costs. This book is packed with
real life examples (from hospitals, medical offices, pharmacies, imaging departments, and more)
which can help the reader more easily understand how the Lean Six Sigma principles developed
for manufacturing can be applied in the healthcare environment to improve access, quality, safety,
service, and affordability.You will learn from reading this book how to identify, reduce, and prevent
any action, activity, variation, and/or expense that does not add &quotvale&quotfor the customer
which in Lean Six Sigma is known as &quotMUD&quotor &quotwase&quotThe first chapter
provides an overview of Lean Six Sigma along with a description of the 8 &quotwases&quotand
the adverse impact they have on the overall healthcare system. The second chapter provides an
overview of some of the most common performance improvement models used in healthcare and
some of the pros and cons of each model. The third chapter discusses 9 different approaches (i.e.,
walking the &quotgema&quot value stream mapping, dynamic modeling, etc.) that can be used to
&quotexaine&quotor &quotassss&quotwhether there is &quotwase&quotor &quotMUD&quotwithin
your department or organization accompanied by real life examples illustrating how each approach
can be applied in the healthcare setting. The fourth chapter discusses the most common tools and
approaches that can be used to identify or &quotdianose&quotthe cause(s) of any waste or
&quotMUD&quotobserved in your organization or department (i.e. the 5 WHYs, the
Fishbone/Cause Effect diagram, etc.). Actual examples from healthcare illustrate how the tools
can be used to determine or &quotdianose&quotthe cause(s) of waste in your department or
organization. The fifth chapter discusses 40 different strategies and approaches that can be used
to &quottret&quotor eliminate the 8 different types of &quotwase&quotthat might be observed in
your department or organization. Approaches such as &quotpok-yoke&quot &quotkanan&quot
load leveling, 5s, and more are discussed in detail and reinforced by real life examples showing
how each of the approaches can be applied in the healthcare setting to &#8220trat&#8221or
eliminate &quotwase&quotwhile improving access, quality, safety, service, and affordability. The
sixth chapter discusses the most common tools and approaches that can be used to
&quotpreent&quotwaste (i.e. FMEA, poka-yoke, simulation, etc.). The seventh and final chapter
offers a number of different strategies for leading the change effort needed to eliminate waste and
improve access, quality, safety, affordability, and service.After reading this book you will have the
knowledge, tools, and expertise needed to successfully apply the key principles of Lean Six Sigma
in your department or organization.This book is winner of the &quotbesnew six sigma
books&quotaward (2022) from BookAuthority.About the author: Scott has had over 35 years of
management and leadership experience in healthcare. He began his career as a management
engineer where he learned and mastered the principles of Lean Six Sigma. Scott then served for
several years as Director of Finance before becoming Assistant Medical Center Administrator.
Over the years Scott had the opportunity to lead the surgical and rehab service line, the primary

care and medical subspecialty service line, and the business and support services service line
where he applied the principles of Lean Six Sigma daily. During his 35 years of experience Scott
saved over 20 million while improving access, quality, affordability, safety, and service through the
use of the tools and techniques described in his book &quotAppying Lean Six Sigma in the
Healthcare Setting&quot Scott was also part of the adjunct faculty of a major university where he
taught Healthcare Finance and Accounting to graduate and undergraduate students.