Case studies describe the experiences and insights of safety-net provider organizations that have used management and process reengineering methods to provide more comprehensive and cost-efficient care.
Better and Faster: How Safety-Net Providers Are Redesigning Care (639 K)
To thrive in the era of health care reform and heightened competition, safety-net providers will need to systemize their processes and find creative ways to provide more comprehensive and cost-efficient care.
This issue brief highlights innovative management and process reengineering efforts being undertaken by a wide variety of safety-net providers. For this research, more than 25 providers across the country were examined, and 15 in-depth interviews were conducted.
Case studies describe the experiences and insights of safety-net organizations that have adopted Lean, Six Sigma, patient visit redesign, or process reengineering using quality improvement tools such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model.
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Improving Efficiency in the Safety Net: Management Engineering Practice and Cases
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