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@article{citeulike:5396730, abstract = {The Toyota Production System (TPS) has become a successful model for improving efficiency and eliminating errors in manufacturing processes. In an effort to provide patients and families with the highest quality clinical care, our academic children's hospital has modified the techniques of the TPS for a program in continuous performance improvement (CPI) and has expanded its application to educational and research programs. Over a period of years, physicians, nurses, residents, administrators, and hospital staff have become actively engaged in a culture of continuous performance improvement. This article provides background into the methods of CPI and describes examples of how we have applied these methods for improvement in clinical care, resident teaching, and research administration.}, author = {Stapleton, F. Bruder and Hendricks, James and Hagan, Patrick and DelBeccaro, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {5396730}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.015}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031395509000698}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19660628}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19660628}, doi = {10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.015}, issn = {1557-8240}, journal = {Pediatric clinics of North America}, keywords = {cpi, quality, toyota}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {799--813}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 21:25:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Modifying the Toyota Production System for continuous performance improvement in an academic children's hospital.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.015}, volume = {56}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5396730 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5396730 N2 - The Toyota Production System (TPS) has become a successful model for improving efficiency and eliminating errors in manufacturing processes. In an effort to provide patients and families with the highest quality clinical care, our academic children's hospital has modified the techniques of the TPS for a program in continuous performance improvement (CPI) and has expanded its application to educational and research programs. Over a period of years, physicians, nurses, residents, administrators, and hospital staff have become actively engaged in a culture of continuous performance improvement. This article provides background into the methods of CPI and describes examples of how we have applied these methods for improvement in clinical care, resident teaching, and research administration. IS - 4 JF - Pediatric clinics of North America SN - 1557-8240 EP - 813 TI - Modifying the Toyota Production System for continuous performance improvement in an academic children's hospital. VL - 56 SP - 799 KW - cpi KW - quality KW - toyota AU - Stapleton, Bruder AU - Hendricks, James AU - Hagan, Patrick AU - DelBeccaro, Mark PY - 2009/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.015 ER -