Six Sigma Book for Healthcare Improving Outcomes by Reducing Errors

Name: Six Sigma Book for Healthcare Improving Outcomes by Reducing Errors
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ISBN: 9781567931914

ISBN-10: 156793191X

ISBN-13: 9781567931914

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robert Barry, Amy Murcko, Cliff Brubaker

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Book details

List price: $78.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Health Administration Press
Publication date: 8/1/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 236
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii

Introduction	p. 3
Six Sigma: Why, What, How?	p. 7
Why Six Sigma?	p. 7
What is Six Sigma?	p. 13
How Is Six Sigma Applied?	p. 17
Error Prevention	p. 19
Poka-Yoke	p. 19
Topics in Healthcare Error Prevention	p. 21
Workflow	p. 33
Problem Solving	p. 47
Events	p. 47
Digging In	p. 50
Compare and Contrast	p. 51
Diagrammatic Tools	p. 58
Management Action	p. 61
Problem Detection	p. 65
Six Sigma Measures	p. 65
Six Sigma Operations Analysis	p. 70
Quantitative Process Analysis	p. 92
Change Management	p. 113
Selecting Changes	p. 113
Six Sigma: Conclusion	p. 147

Cases	p. 151
Case Instructions	p. 151
Data Portrayal	p. 156
Process Tracking	p. 159
Performance Evaluation	p. 162
Potential Problem Analysis	p. 164
Yield	p. 165
Test Reliability	p. 168
Time-Value Charts	p. 172
The Poisson Distribution	p. 173
Incomplete Trials	p. 176
Failure Modes and Effects	p. 179
Discrete Analysis	p. 180
Central Limit Theorem	p. 183
Data Sampling	p. 186
Rule-Based Sampling	p. 189
Rich Data Sets	p. 193
Sequential Analysis	p. 198
Rule-Induced Upsets	p. 202
Improvement Project	p. 203
Event A	p. 205
Event B	p. 207
Workflow Cases	p. 208
Appendices	p. 211
Selected Formulae	p. 211
Effect of Precision in Low-Count Estimating	p. 212
Effect of Ignoring Multiple Errors in Estimating Yield	p. 214
Effect of Ignoring Negative Values in Distributions	p. 216
Adjusting the Normal Distribution for Positive-Only Populations	p. 216
Using the Normal Distribution in Place of the Poisson Distribution	p. 218
Annotated Bibliography	p. 221
Glossary	p. 227
Companion Web Site Content	p. 233
About the Authors	p. 235
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