TY - BOOK AU - McLaughlin,Daniel B. AU - Hays,Julie M. TI - Healthcare operations management SN - 9781567932881 (pbk) U1 - 362.1068 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chicago, Washington, DC PB - Health Administration Press, AUPHA Press KW - Medical care KW - Quality control KW - Health services administration KW - Organizational effectiveness KW - Total quality management KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care KW - organization & administration KW - Decision Support Techniques KW - Efficiency, Organizational KW - standards KW - Total Quality Management KW - methods N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0726/2007036070.html ER -