Notes

Introduction

1.

Institute of Medicine (1999).

2.

James (2013).

3.

Toussaint and Gerard (2010).

Chapter 1

1.

Lean Enterprise Institute.org (2015).

2.

Gawande(2010).

3.

Toyotakentucky.com (2015).

4.

Barnas (2014).

Chapter 2

1.

Pande (2013).

2.

Crosby (1979).

3.

Gawande (2010).

4.

Rother and Shook (2009).

5.

See Hospital Compare, http://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/profile.html#profTab=1&ID=521326&state=WI&lat=0&lng=0&name=ThedaCare&Distn=0.0 (accessed January 16, 2015).

6.

Rother and Shook (2009).

Chapter 3

1.

Mann (n.d.).

2.

Mann (n.d.).

3.

Mindtools.com (2015).

4.

Mindtools.com (2015).

5.

Hunter (1998).

6.

Hunter (1998).

7.

Mindtools.com (2015).

8.

Createvalue.org (2015).

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