What Top-Performing Healthcare Organizations Know:
7 Proven Steps for Accelerating and Achieving Change (2008)
Authors: Greg Butler & Chip Caldwell
Publisher: ACHE HAP Press
For the past decade our organization has conducted annual research to isolate the traits and methods of hospitals that have successfully integrated Lean-Six Sigma and created a culture of continuous improvement. Our methods are based on this research of more than 200 U.S. hospitals and have been repeatedly published by the American College of Healthcare Executives. Purchase your copy today!
Lean-Six Sigma for Healthcare: A Senior Leader Guide
to Improving Cost and Throughput (2nd ed. 2009)
Authors: Greg Butler, Chip Caldwell & Nancy Poston
Publisher: Milwaukee: American Society for Quality
This book's unique focus on the role of healthcare leaders and the lessons learned were uncovered during the authors' research of over 200 U.S. hospitals' performance. It was written specifically for CEOs, the "C-Suite," and senior leaders who desire to harness the power of Lean-Six Sigma as their major strategic weapon for progress, as well as those charged to coach them. Purchase your copy today!
Cost Reduction in Health Systems: Lessons from Analysis of $200 Millions Saved by Top Performing Organizations
Author: Chip Caldwell, Greg Butler, and Nancy Poston
A Community Hospital’s Journey into Lean Six Sigma Frontier (2009)
Author: Kurt Stuenkle
Publisher: Magazine 26.1 HAP Press
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (1995)
Author: John Kotter
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Change Through Persuasion (2005)
Author: David Garvin
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Secrets of Successful Strategy Execution (2008)
Author: Gary Neilson
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
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Author: Thomas Nolan, et. al.
Publisher: Boston, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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Authors: Peter Pande, Robert Neuman, and Roland Cavanagh
Publisher: New York: McGraw Hill
The Hard Side of Change (2005)
Author: Harold Sirkin
Publisher: Harvard Business Review