Specialties:Creating a lean management system. In 2011 I published a peer reviewed article titled "Building a Business management System for Continuous Daily Improvement", Kim Barnas, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and patient Safety, September 2011 Volume 37 Number 9This year an expansion of this work was published through the Center for HealthCare Value. The book titled: Beyond Heroes...A Lean Management System for HealthCare shows the reader, step by step, how teams developed the a management system to support lean philosophy and tools. The book is illustrated by the use real stories of doctors, nurses and administrators.. The book explores each of the eight essential components of the lean system, from front-line problem solving with the scientific method to daily team huddles and creating standard work for leaders all the way to the top of an organization.The attached u-tube link discusses how problem solving huddles are integrated into the system. http://youtu.be/WlqvvNZDWtQ. Or visit my website Kimbarnas.comThis year after completing the book, I have become an senior advisor to several national and international Heath Care leadership teams implementing lean. As leaders look forward to the changing tides of healthcare many are recognizing the need for a integrated management system.
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