TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Process Improvement Tools in Radiology
AU - Rawson, James V.
AU - Kannan, Amogha
AU - Furman, Melissa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Mosby, Inc.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Process improvement techniques are common in manufacturing and industry. Over the past few decades these principles have been slowly introduced in select health care settings. This article reviews the Plan, Do, Study, and Act cycle, Six Sigma, the System of Profound Knowledge, Lean, and the theory of constraints. Specific process improvement tools in health care and radiology are presented in the order the radiologist is likely to encounter them in an improvement project.
AB - Process improvement techniques are common in manufacturing and industry. Over the past few decades these principles have been slowly introduced in select health care settings. This article reviews the Plan, Do, Study, and Act cycle, Six Sigma, the System of Profound Knowledge, Lean, and the theory of constraints. Specific process improvement tools in health care and radiology are presented in the order the radiologist is likely to encounter them in an improvement project.
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U2 - 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2015.09.004
DO - 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2015.09.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26684577
AN - SCOPUS:84957818761
SN - 0363-0188
VL - 45
SP - 94
EP - 100
JO - Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
JF - Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
IS - 2
ER -