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Kaizen: A Process Improvement Model for the Business of Health Care and Perioperative Nursing Professionals
Author(s) -
Tetteh Hassan A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2011.11.001
Subject(s) - kaizen , context (archaeology) , teamwork , perioperative nursing , nursing , health care , pdca , process management , process (computing) , quality management , medicine , nursing care , operations management , business , perioperative , computer science , engineering , lean manufacturing , management , management system , paleontology , surgery , economics , biology , operating system , economic growth
Kaizen is a proven management technique that has a practical application for health care in the context of health care reform and the 2010 Institute of Medicine landmark report on the future of nursing. Compounded productivity is the unique benefit of kaizen, and its principles are change, efficiency, performance of key essential steps, and the elimination of waste through small and continuous process improvements. The kaizen model offers specific instruction for perioperative nurses to achieve process improvement in a five‐step framework that includes teamwork, personal discipline, improved morale, quality circles, and suggestions for improvement.