Transforming Health Care

For decades, the manufacturing industry has employed the Toyota Production System — the most powerful production method in the world — to reduce waste, improve quality, reduce defects and increase worker productivity. In 2001, Virginia Mason Medical Center, an integrated healthcare delivery system in Seattle, Washington set out to achieve its compelling vision to become The Quality Leader and to fulfill that vision, adopted the Toyota Production System as its management method. Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience takes you on the journey of of Virginia Mason Medical Center's pursuit of the perfect patient experience through the application of lean principles, tools, and methodology. Over the last several years Virginia Mason has become internationally known for its journey towards perfection by applying the Toyota Production System to healthcare. The book takes readers step by step through Virginia Mason's journey as it seeks to provide perfection to its customer – the patient. This book shows you how you use this system to transform your own organization.

For decades, the manufacturing industry has employed the Toyota Production System — the most powerful production method in the world — to reduce waste, improve quality, reduce defects and increase worker productivity. In 2001, Virginia Mason Medical Center, an integrated healthcare delivery system in Seattle, Washington set out to achieve its compelling vision to become The Quality Leader and to fulfill that vision, adopted the Toyota Production System as its management method. Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience takes you on the journey of of Virginia Mason Medical Center's pursuit of the perfect patient experience through the application of lean principles, tools, and methodology. Over the last several years Virginia Mason has become internationally known for its journey towards perfection by applying the Toyota Production System to healthcare. The book takes readers step by step through Virginia Mason's journey as it seeks to provide perfection to its customer – the patient. This book shows you how you use this system to transform your own organization.

For decades, the manufacturing industry has employed the Toyota Production System — the most powerful production method in the world — to reduce waste, improve quality, reduce defects and increase worker productivity. In 2001, Virginia Mason Medical Center, an integrated healthcare delivery system in Seattle, Washington set out to achieve its compelling vision to become The Quality Leader and to fulfill that vision, adopted the Toyota Production System as its management method. Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience takes you on the journey of of Virginia Mason Medical Center's pursuit of the perfect patient experience through the application of lean principles, tools, and methodology. Over the last several years Virginia Mason has become internationally known for its journey towards perfection by applying the Toyota Production System to healthcare. The book takes readers step by step through Virginia Mason's journey as it seeks to provide perfection to its customer – the patient. This book shows you how you use this system to transform your own organization.

I flere årtier har fremstillingsindustrien benyttet sig af verdens mest kraftfulde produktionsmetode - the Toyota Production System - for at formindske spild, forbedre kvalitet, reducere defekter og fremme arbejdernes produktivitet. Derfor valgte Virginia Mason Medical Center i 2001 at benytte the Toyota Production System som dets forvaltningsmetode, så de kunne opnå deres drøm om at være et af de førende kvalitetshospitaler. "Transforming Health Care" tager dig med på hospitalets jagt efter den perfekte patientoplevelse gennem applikationen af lean principper, værktøjer og metodologi. "Transforming Health Care" viser dig, hvordan du kan bruge Toyota Production Systemet til at transformere din egen organisation.

I flere årtier har fremstillingsindustrien benyttet sig af verdens mest kraftfulde produktionsmetode - the Toyota Production System - for at formindske spild, forbedre kvalitet, reducere defekter og fremme arbejdernes produktivitet. Derfor valgte Virginia Mason Medical Center i 2001 at benytte the Toyota Production System som dets forvaltningsmetode, så de kunne opnå deres drøm om at være et af de førende kvalitetshospitaler. "Transforming Health Care" tager dig med på hospitalets jagt efter den perfekte patientoplevelse gennem applikationen af lean principper, værktøjer og metodologi. "Transforming Health Care" viser dig, hvordan du kan bruge Toyota Production Systemet til at transformere din egen organisation.