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Sustaining Lean in Healthcare : Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership
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Sustaining Lean in Healthcare : Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Nelson, Michael

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  • Title Sustaining Lean in Healthcare : Developing and Engaging Physician Leadership
  • Author Nelson, Michael
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 148
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Group
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 39184677-6
  • ISBN 9781439840276 / 143984027X
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 in (25.15 x 17.53 x 1.52 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Industrial efficiency, Leadership
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011026873
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.106

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 10/01/2011, Page 244

About the author

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.

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