A healthcare lean six sigma system for postanesthesia care unit workflow improvement

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-14

  Kuo, Alex Mu Hsing ^a   Borycki, Elizabeth ^a   Kushniruk, Andre ^a   Lee, Te Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

health informatics; healthcare system; Lean; quality improvement; Six Sigma; workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; SAFETY; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

EID: 78651426680     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3182033791     Document Type: Article

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