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Book Mistake proofing the Design of Health Care Processes

Download or read book Mistake proofing the Design of Health Care Processes written by John Grout (Ph.D.) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mistake Proofing the Design of Healthcare Processes

Download or read book Mistake Proofing the Design of Healthcare Processes written by John R. Grout and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the latest in a long line of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsored resources devoted to patient safety. It sheds light on a little-known but very promising approach to preventing medical errors and reducing the adverse outcomes that result from them. Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes was compiled for AHRQ by John Grout, Ph.D., of Berry College in Rome, GA. Dr. Grout has been working for many years to disseminate information about the use of mistake-proofing devices in health care. This volume represents a compendium of information and ideas to broaden our understanding of mistake-proofing and its emerging role in health care and patient safety.

Book Mistake Proofing for Lean Healthcare

Download or read book Mistake Proofing for Lean Healthcare written by Samuel Carlson MD and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principles of mistake proofing, long used to eliminate errors and defects across a range of industries, are now being applied in healthcare organizations around the world to help ensure patient safety, improve services, and eliminate waste.Mistake Proofing for Lean Healthcare is based on the definitive mistake-proofing philosophy and system developed by Shigeo Shingo. This reader-friendly book introduces the main concepts and benefits of mistake proofing in healthcare and highlights common reasons that errors and defects occur. It also explains how to catch errors before they become defects, using the concept of source inspection, so you can ensure quality before a process is performed instead of afterward. When systematically used, the mistake-proofing approach explained in this book will help you:Create safer, more reliable, and more effective healthcare services for both patients and staffEstablish a culture in which mistakes and the conditions that cause them are readily surfaced so they can be correctedLay the foundation for processes that flow smoothly, without disruptionEliminate rework, waste, and the need for extra resources and suppliesPresenting real-world healthcare examples, the book shows different types of mistake-proofing devices and methods (poka-yoke) that provide feedback quickly and automatically to prevent errors and defects.The book is part of the Lean Healthcare Series and is designed for individual or group learning. Each chapter includes reflection questions to facilitate understanding and stimulate discussion and action.

Book Zero Quality Control

Download or read book Zero Quality Control written by Shigeo Shingo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of source inspection and mistake-proofing devices is the only method to get you to zero defects. Shigeo Shingo shows you how this proven system for reducing errors turns out the highest quality products in the shortest period of time. Shingo provides 112 specific examples of poka-yoke development devices on the shop floor, most of them costing less than $100 to implement. He also discusses inspection systems, quality control circles, and the function of management with regard to inspection.

Book Mistake Proofing Simplified   An Indian Perspective

Download or read book Mistake Proofing Simplified An Indian Perspective written by Aryan Viswakarma and published by Kojo Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A POWERFUL GUIDE to help you establish a culture of defect prevention by idea creation and team engagement. It shows how the habit of Mistake Proofing can be inculcated in to the DNA of the organisation. Drawing upon several years of research and hands on experience at various companies. Filled with more than 100 explicit EXAMPLES collected from diverse companies and day to day life, organised into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers both at Manufacturing and Service environment. ‘MISTAKE PROOFING SIMPLIFIED’ provides a master blueprint for a structured deployment and tips for sustenance of the program in a very simple yet effective manner. The book will help you understand the concept and develop your own strategy for step by step mechanism for a system towards ZERO DEFECT PROCESS.

Book The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement

Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement written by Jody Crane MD MBA and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique and integrated approach, The Definitive Guide to Emergency Department Operational Improvement: Employing Lean Principles with Current ED Best Practices to Create the "No Wait" Department exposes you to the academics behind managing the complex service environment that is the ED. The book combines applied management science and ED experi

Book Healthcare Kaizen

Download or read book Healthcare Kaizen written by Mark Graban and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare Kaizen focuses on the principles and methods of daily continuous improvement, or Kaizen, for healthcare professionals and organizations. Kaizen is a Japanese word that means "change for the better," as popularized by Masaaki Imai in his 1986 book Kaizen: The Key to Japan‘s Competitive Success and through the books of Norman Bodek, both o

Book Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2015-12-29
  • ISBN : 0309377722
  • Pages : 473 pages

Download or read book Improving Diagnosis in Health Care written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.

Book Advances in Mechanical Processing and Design

Download or read book Advances in Mechanical Processing and Design written by Prita Pant and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents selected proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Processing and Design (ICAMPD 2019). The contents highlight latest research in next-generation mechanical systems design, thermal and fluid systems design, materials and smart manufacturing processes, and industrial engineering. Some of the topics covered include smart materials, materials processing and applications, smart machinery and machine design, system dynamics and simulation, biomimetics, energy systems, micro- and nano-scale transport, automotive engineering, advance material characterization and testing, and green and sustainable manufacturing. Given the scope of the contents, this book can be of interest to students, researchers as well as industry professionals.

Book Applying Lean in Health and Social Care Services

Download or read book Applying Lean in Health and Social Care Services written by Cameron Stark and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. This book systematically describes how NHS Highland uses Lean principles and mindsets to improve safety, quality, access, and morale while reducing costs, and increasing capacity. Existing books often describe the gains obtained by using Lean methods, but often do not describe the underlying concepts and methods in details. Other books describe continuous improvement work, or specific techniques such as daily management in detail. This book seeks to occupy a middle space by providing an overview of the range of Lean ideas applicable to healthcare with sufficient examples and cases studies from NHS Highland and partner organizations so readers can see them in use and practice.

Book Operations Management in Healthcare

Download or read book Operations Management in Healthcare written by Dr. Corinne M. Karuppan, PhD, CPIM and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how to build a competitive edge by developing superior operations This comprehensive, practice-oriented text illustrates how healthcare organizations can gain a competitive edge through superior operations – and demonstrates how to achieve them. Underscoring the importance of a strategic perspective, the book describes how to attain excellence in the four competitive priorities: quality, cost, delivery, and flexibility. The competitive priorities are interrelated, with excellent quality laying the foundation for performance in the other competitive priorities, and with targeted improvement initiatives having synergistic effects. The text stresses the benefits of aligning the entire operations system within the parameters of a business strategy. It equips students with a conceptual mental model of healthcare operations in which all concepts and tools fit together logically. With a hands-on approach, the book clearly demonstrates the “how-tos” of effectively managing a healthcare organization. It describes how to negotiate the different perspectives of clinicians and administrators by offering a common platform for building competitive advantage. To bring the cultural context of a healthcare organization to life, the book engages students with a series of short vignettes of a fictitious healthcare organization as it strives to achieve the status of a highly reliable organization. Integrated throughout are a variety of tools and quantitative techniques with step-by-step instructions to assist in problem solving and process improvements. Also included are mind maps linking competitive priorities and concepts, quick-reference icons, dashboards displaying measurement and process tracking, and boxed features. Several project ideas, team assignments, and creative thinking exercises are proposed. A comprehensive Instructor Packet and online tutorials further enhance the book’s outstanding value. Key Features: Includes mind maps to connect competitive priorities, concepts, and tools Provides an extensive tool kit for problem solving and process improvements Presents icons throughout the text to emphasize competitive priorities and tool coverage Emphasizes measurement with dashboards and includes data files for statistical process control, queuing, and simulation Demonstrates human dynamics and organizational challenges through realistic vignettes Presents boxed features of frequently asked questions an real-world implementations of concepts Provides comprehensive Instructor Packet and online tutorials

Book Executing Lean Improvements

Download or read book Executing Lean Improvements written by Dennis R. Delisle and published by Quality Press. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you will find the following: A structured approach to executing lean improvements Relevant real-world case studies Examples of tools and templates along with downloadable files Hints, tips, and lessons learned Chapter challenges aimed at giving the reader assignments to apply key concepts and tools in the work setting The primary audience for this book is individuals responsible for improvement in healthcare settings, such as lean practitioners, Six Sigma belts, quality improvement specialists, and project managers. Additional health professionals will benefit from the practical application and guidance. Positions include frontline managers and supervisors, improvement teams, professors teaching quality improvement and/or operations management, healthcare professionals responsible for performance improvement, and students in all related health professions (clinical and administrative). The book promotes practical application. Readers are equipped with the skills to implement lean concepts and tools within their work setting. Additionally, the book provides insight and strategies for avoiding failure and developing buy-in.

Book Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management

Download or read book Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management written by James T. Tweedy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive in scope, this totally revamped edition of a bestseller is the ideal desk reference for anyone tasked with hazard control and safety management in the healthcare industry. Presented in an easy-to-read format, Healthcare Hazard Control and Safety Management, Third Edition examines hazard control and safety management as proactive funct

Book Error Reduction in Health Care

Download or read book Error Reduction in Health Care written by Patrice L. Spath and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Error Reduction in Health Care Completely revised and updated, this second edition of Error Reduction in Health Care offers a step-by-step guide for implementing the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine to reduce the frequency of errors in health care services and to mitigate the impact of errors when they do occur. With contributions from noted leaders in health safety, Error Reduction in Health Care provides information on analyzing accidents and shows how systematic methods can be used to understand hazards before accidents occur. In the chapters, authors explore how to prioritize risks to accurately focus efforts in a systems redesign, including performance measures and human factors. This expanded edition covers contemporary material on innovative patient safety topics such as applying Lean principles to reduce mistakes, opportunity analysis, deductive adverse event investigation, improving safety through collaboration with patients and families, using technology for patient safety improvements, medication safety, and high reliability organizations. The Editor

Book Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel

Download or read book Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel written by James T. Tweedy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing personnel play an integral role in healthcare and medical delivery organizations. Nurses not only work to keep patients safe, but must also contend with a number of safety and health risks. Illustrating the occupational risks nurses face, Healthcare Safety for Nursing Personnel: An Organizational Guide to Achieving Results addresses healthcare safety as related to nursing personnel risks, hazards, and responsibilities in hospitals and healthcare facilities. The book begins with an introduction to nursing safety that supplies a fundamental understanding of patient, nursing, and facility safety. Next, it delves into the range of safety issues that nurses must contend with. Topics covered include administrative area safety, bloodborne pathogens, workplace violence, infection control and prevention, emergency management, fire safety, and radiation hazards. Examining the concepts and principles of patient safety as related to organizational dynamics, culture, system methods, and key patient safety initiatives, the book supplies essential knowledge of healthcare safety risks, challenges, and controls. It includes information on leadership, management, communication skills, and understanding accidents. The book includes helpful resources in the appendices, such as a nurse safety perception survey, an accident causal factor chart, sample ergonomics symptoms report, sample TB exposure control plan, and a model respirator plan for small organizations. Complete with review exercises in each chapter, this book is ideal for certification training in nursing programs and as a reference for developing nursing in-service safety sessions.

Book Lean Hospitals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Graban
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2018-10-08
  • ISBN : 131535201X
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Lean Hospitals written by Mark Graban and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. Lean Hospitals, Third Edition explains how to use the Lean methodology and mindsets to improve safety, quality, access, and morale while reducing costs, increasing capacity, and strengthening the long-term bottom line. This updated edition of a Shingo Research Award recipient begins with an overview of Lean methods. It explains how Lean practices can help reduce various frustrations for caregivers, prevent delays and harm for patients, and improve the long-term health of your organization. The second edition of this book presented new material on identifying waste, A3 problem solving, engaging employees in continuous improvement, and strategy deployment. This third edition adds new sections on structured Lean problem solving methods (including Toyota Kata), Lean Design, and other topics. Additional examples, case studies, and explanations are also included throughout the book. Mark Graban is also the co-author, with Joe Swartz, of the book Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Frontline Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which is also a Shingo Research Award recipient. Mark and Joe also wrote The Executive’s Guide to Healthcare Kaizen.

Book Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital Acquired Infections

Download or read book Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital Acquired Infections written by William Charney and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-02-06 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical error as defined in Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Systemic and Social Causes encompasses many categories including, but not limited to, medical error, hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, deaths from misdiagnosis, deaths from infectious diarrhea in nursing homes, surgical and post-operative complications, lethal blood clots in veins, and excessive radiation from CT scans. When the deaths from these categories are counted they become the leading cause of fatality to Americans, outpacing cancer and heart disease. Add the numbers of fatalities (mortality) to the millions each year who are injured (morbidity) and whose quality of life is forever effected, and an epidemic of harm is defined. The book describes the many systemic and social causes of medical error and iatrogenic events, all of which are cited in the peer-review science, that have a direct effect on the epidemic of patient injury, but are rarely or never considered. These systemic causes include factory medicine (for-profit medicine), staffing ratios in clinical and non-clinical departments, shift work, healthcare working conditions, lack of accountability, legal issues that conflict with patient safety issues, bullying and hierarchical relationships, training of healthcare workers that never rises to the level of risk, and injury to healthcare workers. The premise of the book is that if the systemic or social causes are not considered or changed, then medical error will continue to be an epidemic and no substantial impact in the numbers will be realized. An expert with 30 years of experience as a health and safety officer in healthcare and as an activist for community health and safety issues, editor and author William Charney explores the issues surrounding medical errors and examines the science behind possible solutions. He presents an efficient dialogue that produces a more systemic exploration and targeting of the causes of medical error and drives an exacting message: we are dealing with an epidemic of harm, and unless systemic issues are solved, little will change to subdue the epidemic. Information on the June 2012 Conference on the Epidemic of Medical Errors & Hospital Acquired Infections in the US and Canada: the Systemic Causes can be found on the CRC Press Issuu page.