{"product_id":"the-executive-guide-to-healthcare-kaizen","title":"The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen","description":"\u003cp\u003eHospitals and health systems are facing many challenges  including shrinking reimbursements and the need to improve patient safety and quality. A growing number of healthcare organizations are turning to the Lean management system as an alternative to traditional cost cutting and layoffs. \"Kaizen \" which is translated from Japanese as \"good change\" or \"change for the better \" is a core pillar of the Lean strategy for todays best healthcare organizations.  Kaizen is a powerful approach for creating a continuously learning and continuously improving organizations. A Kaizen culture leads to everyday actions that improve patient care and create better workplaces  while improving the organizations long-term bottom line. The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen is the perfect introduction to executives and leaders who want to create and support this culture of continuous improvement.  The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen is an introduction to kaizen principles and an overview of the leadership behaviors and mindsets required to create a kaizen culture or a culture of continuous improvement. The book is specifically written for busy C-level executives  vice presidents  directors  and managers who need to understand the power of this methodology.  The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizenshares real and practical examples and stories from leading healthcare organizations  including Franciscan St. Francis Health System  located in Indiana. Franciscan St. Francis employees and physicians have implemented and documented 4 000 Kaizen improvements each of the last three years  resulting in millions of dollars in hard savings and softer benefits for patients and staff.  Chapters cover topics such as the need for Kaizen  different types of Kaizen (including Rapid Improvement Events and daily Kaizen)  creating a Kaizen culture  practical methods for facilitating Kaizen improvements  the role of senior leaders and other leaders in Kaizen  and creating an organization-wide Kaizen program.  The book contains a new introduction by Gary Kaplan  MD  CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle  Washington  which was named \"Hospital of the Decade\" in 2012.  The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen is a companion book to the larger book Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements (published in 2012). Healthcare Kaizen is a longer  more complete \"how to\" guide that includes over 200 full color images  including over 100 real kaizen examples from various health systems around the world. Healthcare Kaizen was named a recipient of the prestigious Shingo Professional Publication and Research Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966807142453,"sku":"ByrdShop_1466586419","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781466586413.jpg?v=1770581512","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-executive-guide-to-healthcare-kaizen","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}