VA’s Lean Healthcare Transformation: Innovating the Veteran Patient Experience
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1498768903 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 210 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book takes a comprehensive, multi-level approach, revealing how innovation in VA healthcare is occurring through narratives from leaders, administrators, physicians and staff.. The book presents the origins of VA's Lean Enterprise Transformation (LET) in its 156 medical centers. This book provides insight into the initial deployment of a Lean Management System across VA, the nation's largest healthcare system. The authors detail the clinical and administrative outcomes of these efforts, as well as the formative evaluation methods used to monitor and improve the VAs LET deployment and examines how the VA strives to provide the best patient experiences for our Veterans
VA-CASE is an interdisciplinary Veterans Engineering Resource Center (VERC) that leverages the significant expertise present within VHA medical centers and affiliated academic partners in operational systems engineering, informatics and implementation science to facilitate transformation within VHA healthcare delivery sy
She earned a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University with emphasis on public rhetoric, community engagement, and professional writing. Hemphill is a graduate of George Washington University Medical School, and received her Master's in Public Health from Vanderbilt University. VA-CASE is an interdisciplinary Veterans Engineering Resource Center (VERC) that leverages the significant expertise present within VHA medical centers and affiliated academic partners in operational systems engineering, informatics and implementation science to facilitate transformation within VHA healthcare