Healthcare operations management /
- Chicago : Washington, DC : Health Administration Press ; AUPHA Press, c2008.
- xx, 431 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781567932881 (pbk) 1567932886
2007036070
Medical care--Quality control. Health services administration--Quality control. Organizational effectiveness. Total quality management. Quality Assurance, Health Care--organization & administration. Decision Support Techniques. Efficiency, Organizational--standards. Total Quality Management--methods.