| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
ACHE management series
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Management series (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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| Note |
"American Society for Quality, Quality Press"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226). |
| 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 -- 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). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical errors -- Prevention.
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Medical errors -- Prevention. |
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Six sigma (Quality control standard)
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Six sigma (Quality control standard) |
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Health facilities -- Risk management.
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Health facilities -- Risk management. |
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Quality control.
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Quality control. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Murcko, Amy.
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Brubaker, Cliff.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barry, Robert. Six sigma book for healthcare. Chicago : Health Administration Press, ©2002 156793191X (DLC) 2002068760 (OCoLC)49903349 |
| ISBN |
0585426430 (electronic book) |
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9780585426433 (electronic book) |
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156793191X (alkaline paper) |
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9781567931914 (alkaline paper) |
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