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Healthcare operations management /

"This book is about operations management and the strategic implementation of programs, techniques, and tools for reducing costs and improving quality. It not only covers the basics of operations management, but also explains how operations and process improvement relate to contemporary healthc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLaughlin, Daniel B., 1945-
Otros Autores: Hays, Julie M., 1954-2007
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Washington, DC : Health Administration Press ; AUPHA Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The challenge and the opportunity
  • History of performance improvement
  • Evidence-based medicine and pay-for-performance
  • Strategy and the balanced scorecard
  • Project management
  • Tools for problem solving and decision making
  • Using data and statistical tools for operations improvement
  • Quality management: focus on six sigma
  • The lean enterprise
  • Simulation
  • Process improvement and patient flow
  • Scheduling and capacity management
  • Supply chain management
  • Holding the gains.