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 of whom contributed introductory material for this book.
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In 1989, Dr. Donald M. Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare...
Healthcare Kaizen focuses on the principles and methods of daily continuous improvement, or Kaizen, for healthcare professionals and organiz...
Hospitals and health systems are facing many challenges, including shrinking reimbursements and the need to improve patient safety and quality. A growing number of healthcare organizations are turning to the Lean management system as an alternative to traditional cost cutting and layoffs. "Kaizen," which is translated from Japanese as "good change" or "change for the better," is a core pillar of the Lean strategy for today's best healthcare organizations.
Kaizen is a powerful approach for creating a continuously learning and continuously improving organizations. A Kaizen culture leads...
Hospitals and health systems are facing many challenges, including shrinking reimbursements and the need to improve patient safety and quality. A g...
