| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
ACHE management series |
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Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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| Contents |
Six Sigma: Why, What, How? -- Error Prevention -- Poka-Yoke -- Topics in Healthcare Error Prevention -- Workflow -- Problem Solving -- Events -- Digging In -- Compare and Contrast -- Diagrammatic Tools -- Management Action -- Problem Detection -- Six Sigma Measures -- Six Sigma Operations Analysis -- Quantitative Process Analysis -- Change Management -- Selecting Changes -- Data Portrayal -- Process Tracking -- Performance Evaluation -- Potential Problem Analysis -- Yield -- Test Reliability -- Time-Value Charts -- The Poisson Distribution -- Incomplete Trials -- Failure Modes and Effects -- Discrete Analysis -- Central Limit Theorem -- Data Sampling -- Rule-Based Sampling -- Rich Data Sets -- Sequential Analysis -- Rule-Induced Upsets -- Improvement Project -- Event A -- Event B -- Workflow Cases -- Selected Formulae -- Effect of Precision in Low-Count Estimating -- Effect of Ignoring Multiple Errors in Estimating Yield -- Effect of Ignoring Negative Values in Distributions -- Adjusting the Normal Distribution for Positive-Only Populations -- Using the Normal Distribution in Place of the Poisson Distribution |
| Summary |
Annotation Consultant Barry; Amy C. Murcko, a manager and researcher at a Pennsylvania regional health care system; and Clifford E. Brubaker (health and rehabilitation sciences, U. of Pittsburgh) explains how to apply the Six Sigma management system, developed for high-technology manufacturing, to health care organizations. The target of the error- reducing effort is 3.4 errors per million error opportunities. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |
| Notes |
"American Society for Quality, Quality Press"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Medical errors -- Prevention.
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Six sigma (Quality control standard)
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Health facilities -- Risk management.
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Quality control.
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Health facilities.
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Total quality management.
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Risk.
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National health services.
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Technology.
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Organization.
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Medical care -- Quality control.
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Causation.
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Probabilities.
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Medical care.
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Health services administration.
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Statistics.
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Public health.
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Health Facilities
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Risk Factors
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Total Quality Management
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Quality Control
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Medical Errors
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Risk
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Health Services
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Technology
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Organization and Administration
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Quality Assurance, Health Care
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Causality
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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
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Quality of Health Care
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Probability
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Epidemiologic Factors
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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
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Delivery of Health Care
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Health Services Administration
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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
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Statistics as Topic
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Public Health
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Technology, Industry, Agriculture
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Epidemiologic Methods
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Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
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Environment and Public Health
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Investigative Techniques
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
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State Medicine
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Patient Care Management -- methods
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Patient Care Management
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Patient Care
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quality control.
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health facilities.
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probability.
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public health.
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statistics.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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Health facilities -- Risk management
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Medical errors -- Prevention
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Quality control
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Six sigma (Quality control standard)
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Murcko, Amy
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Brubaker, Cliff
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| ISBN |
0585426430 |
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9780585426433 |
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156793191X |
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9781567931914 |
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