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The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using Toyota Based Methods
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.11068
EAN: 9781563273674
ISBN: 1563273675
Label: Productivity Press
Manufacturer: Productivity Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: November 30, 2007
Publisher: Productivity Press
Studio: Productivity Press
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Documents the many successes of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) member hospitals, who have successfully applied industrial principles that make patients safer and employees more satisfied.
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Rating: - The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Health Care
In clear prose Grunden outlines how to prevent a host of medical mishaps that occur all too commonly in hospitals, emergency rooms and doctor's offices; things such as hospital-acquired infections (including MRSA), medication errors and waiting room snafus. These are low cost and low tech methods that can actually improve patient care and save lives! This book should be required reading for health care administrators, physicians, nurses and pharmacists. And it should be in every medical school, nursing ... Read More
Rating: - PRHI in the News
Great book. I especially enjoyed the chapter on myths about electronic health records, which makes the best case to date for doctors about "What's in it for me?"
Other sections, such as making handoffs safer and reducing medication errors are full of practical suggestions for improving care for our communities.
I heartily recommend reading this book and implementing its suggestions.
Kenneth H. Cohn, M.D.
Author of "Better Communication for Better Care" and "Collaborate for ... Read More
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