Michael Nelson

Sustaining Lean in Healthcare (eBook, PDF)

Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Among the first books to focus on physician engagement during a Lean effort, Sustaining Lean in Healthcare explains how to ensure ongoing physician participation long after the consultant leaves. Dr. Michael Nelson, an early adopter of Lean in healthcare, explains how to use these synergic tools to achieve consistently high levels of quality and clinical care outcomes. The book includes a Lean primer that provides a foundation in essential Lean concepts, a methodology for establishing shared expectations of success, as well as a framework for simultaneous Lean deployment across multiple locations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439840283
• Artikelnr.: 57533607

Autorenporträt

Michael Nelson, MD spent 28 years practicing pediatrics while building the practice from a solo physician office to seven pediatricians. He has served as a hospital medical staff president and in various medical director positions. For the last 13 years, he has devoted increasingly greater time to quality improvement in healthcare. For the last 5 years of employment with Presbyterian Healthcare Services, he worked full time in quality improvement and became a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He was a physician leader for Lean Systems implementation at Presbyterian.

He is credited with:

• Creating a health and chronic disease management system resulting in national benchmark performance in diabetes care



• Developing a curriculum and teaching more than 200 clinicians and senior leaders advanced tools and techniques in quality improvement



• Implementing elements of the advanced medical home



• Creating a patient-centered care environment through the creation of patient and family advisory councils in PMG clinics



• Leading and supporting successful Lean implementations resulting in dramatic improvements in ambulatory clinics and inpatient settings

He currently owns a Lean consulting business, Blue Corn Professional Services, LLC, and is a physician coach for the Studer Group.