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@article{citeulike:4058802, abstract = {Healthcare, as with any other service operation, requires systematic innovation efforts to remain competitive, cost efficient, and up-to-date. This article outlines a methodology and presents examples to illustrate how principles of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma can be combined to provide an effective framework for producing systematic innovation efforts in healthcare. Controlling healthcare cost increases, improving quality, and providing better healthcare are some of the benefits of this approach.}, author = {de Koning, H. and Verver, J. P. and van den Heuvel, J. and Bisgaard, S. and Does, R. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {4058802}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16749293}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16749293}, issn = {1062-2551}, journal = {Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality}, keywords = {6sigma, healthcare, lean, phd}, number = {2}, pages = {4--11}, posted-at = {2009-02-16 14:21:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Lean six sigma in healthcare.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16749293}, volume = {28}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4058802 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4058802 N2 - Healthcare, as with any other service operation, requires systematic innovation efforts to remain competitive, cost efficient, and up-to-date. This article outlines a methodology and presents examples to illustrate how principles of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma can be combined to provide an effective framework for producing systematic innovation efforts in healthcare. Controlling healthcare cost increases, improving quality, and providing better healthcare are some of the benefits of this approach. IS - 2 JF - Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality SN - 1062-2551 EP - 11 TI - Lean six sigma in healthcare. VL - 28 SP - 4 KW - 6sigma KW - healthcare KW - lean KW - phd AU - de Koning, H AU - Verver, JP AU - van den Heuvel, J AU - Bisgaard, S AU - Does, RJ PY - 2006///r UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16749293 ER -