Lean and Six Sigma: Not for amateurs - First in a 2-part series

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-83

  Jacobson, James M ^a   Johnson, Mary E ^b  

^a Six Sigma Black Belt and Net Education Design Inc   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; DETERIORATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEADERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 33644841761     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/N4THYEQCHCGWQ3ND     Document Type: Review

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