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Effectiveness And Best Practices Of Lean And Six Sigma Methodologies In Hospitals, Daniel Branco
Effectiveness And Best Practices Of Lean And Six Sigma Methodologies In Hospitals, Daniel Branco
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Healthcare quality and costs are a growing problem in the United States. Healthcare organizations are facing increasing costs combined with declining quality (Schoenbaum). This unsustainable trend is putting a great burden on the health care system as a whole. The improvement of quality within the healthcare system would increase the value of the care (Schoenbaum).Improving healthcare quality, and thereby lowering the costs, is critical for the sustainability of healthcare organizations.
There are many different ways that organizations can use quality to reduce costs and increase the quality of service to their patients. There are also various ways an organization can …