Productivity Press imprint: 189 books
Electronic Health Record
A Systems Analysis of the Medications Domain
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
An accessible primer, Electronic Health Record: A Systems Analysis of the Medications Domain introduces the tools and methodology of Structured Systems Analysis as well as the nuances of the Medications domain. The first part of the book provides a top-down decomposition along two main paths: data...
Bringing Value to Healthcare
Practical Steps for Getting to a Market-Based Model
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The healthcare sector is on the cusp of sweeping disruption. The hallmarks of the old system—pricing that’s disconnected from outcomes and incentives for treating sickness rather than maintaining health—are no longer sustainable. And yet, after decades of financial success, it’s difficult...
Clinical Co-Management
A Bridge to Clinical Integration and Pathway to Bundled Payments
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
A decade ago, UK HealthCare recognized the need to reposition itself as a regional referral center, focusing on advanced subspecialty care for the entire state of Kentucky. The goal was to become a "medical destination" for patients from that region who needed access to specialized care.
To...
The Cell Manufacturing Playbook
A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Cell manufacturing takes traditional process-based production environments and creates right-sized smaller work areas that have all of the essential workstations and equipment needed to produce the product.
Until now, there has been a need for a book with step-by-step guidelines on how to implement...
Beyond the Lean Office
A Novel on Progressing from Lean Tools to Operational Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
While more and more companies are aggressively pursuing Operational Excellence by employing Six Sigma, Lean, and other continuous improvement methods, the concept has yet to be defined in a way that can be easily taught and applied, especially in industries other than manufacturing. This book fills...
by Ge Lin, Ming Qu
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Health services are often fragmented along organizational lines with limited communication among the public health–related programs or organizations, such as mental health, social services, and public health services. This can result in disjointed decision making without necessary data and knowledge,...
What Works for GE May Not Work for You
Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
What Works for GE May Not Work for You: Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement provides new tools for managing and sustaining process improvement in today’s complex non-linear environments and helps readers apply new, relevant theory to their own management practices....
The Right Measures
The Story of a Company’s Journey to Find the True Indicators of Its Success and Values
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Organizational measures are the foundational building blocks that shape an organization’s vision and action. All too often however, these measures do not receive the attention they deserve. In addition, it is common for organizations to overact and measure too much, resulting in the same results...
DOE Simplified
Practical Tools for Effective Experimentation, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Offering a planned approach for determining cause and effect, DOE Simplified: Practical Tools for Effective Experimentation, Third Editionintegrates the authors’ decades of combined experience in providing training, consulting, and computational tools to industrial experimenters. Supplying readers...
Toyota by Toyota
Reflections from the Inside Leaders on the Techniques That Revolutionized the Industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Written by former Toyota associates, Toyota By Toyota: Reflections from the Inside Leaders on the Techniques That Revolutionized the Industry focuses on the purpose of Lean methodologies, techniques, and principles. It compiles more than a century of combined experience from management-level employees...
The Organizational Master Plan Handbook
A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
For visionary leaders, an Organizational Master Plan and associated technologies have become essential components of strategic decision making. Written for leaders, planners, consultants, and change agents, The Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results explains...
by Divya Srinivasan Sridhar
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Recent healthcare reform and its provisions have pushed health information technology (HIT) into the forefront. Higher life expectancies, fewer medical errors, lower costs, and improved transparency are all possible through HIT.
Taking an integrated approach**,** Impact of Healthcare Informatics...
The TPM Playbook
A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
A companywide approach to improving the effectiveness and longevity of equipment and machines, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a critical component of production line success. The need for a step-by-step guidelines on how to achieve TPM has been filled with the publication of The TPM Playbook:...
Healthcare at a Turning Point
A Roadmap for Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
If the furious debate around the state of healthcare in the US has led to any consensus, it’s that the system should be delivering better quality for less cost than it does. The truth is that our healthcare system is a sprawling mix of competing interests in which those of the patient are valued...