Foreword

Taking care of people is a characteristic motive of healthcare professionals. It goes without saying that Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders covers basic explanations on healthcare improvement. The book introduces you to Lean management as a philosophy. Furthermore, Lean is being made clear step by step to be used for methodical and systematic problem solving, improvement of care processes, and innovation. And throughout the book the human aspect of Lean is emphasized over and over again: Being respectful to people.

A lot of attention is rightfully paid to leadership that is required to help facilitate improvement. Not only improvement of care processes and their outcomes but also the important component of helping people ...

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