Rising costs are making healthcare unaffordable for millions of individuals and employers. Meanwhile, 100,000 people die every year due to medical error. Healthcare must change - dramatically. Many leading healthcare institutions are discovering a powerful toolset for addressing both quality and cost: Six Sigma. But, until now, most discussions of Six Sigma have focused on fields far distant from healthcare. In this book, four leading experts introduce Six Sigma from the standpoint of the healthcare professional, showing ...
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Rising costs are making healthcare unaffordable for millions of individuals and employers. Meanwhile, 100,000 people die every year due to medical error. Healthcare must change - dramatically. Many leading healthcare institutions are discovering a powerful toolset for addressing both quality and cost: Six Sigma. But, until now, most discussions of Six Sigma have focused on fields far distant from healthcare. In this book, four leading experts introduce Six Sigma from the standpoint of the healthcare professional, showing exactly how to implement it successfully in real-world environments. This hands-on, start-to-finish guidebook covers every facet of Six Sigma in healthcare, demonstrating its use through examples and case studies. The authors show Six Sigma at work in every area of the hospital: clinical, radiology, surgery,
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