Improving Healthcare Operations : the Application of Lean, Agile and Leagility in Care Pathway Design.

"This study provides an excellent, detailed view of how improvement concepts such as Lean and Agile can be operationalised within a healthcare environment. The carefully crafted analysis provides a unique insight to what operations management and supply chain management thinking can contribute...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Williams, Sharon J.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
SeriesPalgrave pivot.
Subjects
Business.
Organization.
Planning.
Management.
Industrial management.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319469133
9783319469126
Physical Description1 online resource (142 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Healthcare systems in the 21st Century
  • Chapter 2 Improving Healthcare systems
  • Chapter 3 Lean in Healthcare
  • Chapter 4 Delivering Agile & Person-centred care
  • Chapter 5 Leanness plus Agility = Leagility
  • Chapter 6 Methodology
  • Chapter 7 Analysis of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) pathway: Lean, Agile and Leagility
  • Chapter 8 Analysis of the Huntington's Disease (HD) pathway: Lean, Agile and Leagility
  • Chapter 9 Discussion and theoretical reflections
  • Chapter 10 Conclusions and Future Research Agenda.

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