Lean-Led Hospital Design

Lean-Led Hospital Design explains how hospitals can be built to increase patient safety and reduce wait times while eliminating waste, lowering costs, and easing some of healthcare's most persistent problems. It supplies a simplified timeline of architectural planning from start to finish to guide readers through the various stages of the Lean design development philosophy, including Lean architectural design and Lean work design. It includes examples from several real healthcare facility design and construction projects, as well as interviews with hospital leaders and architects.

Naida L. Grunden has been a professional writer for over 20 years. Naida has spent the past decade documenting the increasing acceptance of Toyota-based processes (Lean) in healthcare. Her book, The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare, captured the seminal work of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) during the introduction of Lean in competing hospitals across southwestern Pennsylvania. She received the American College of Clinical Engineering challenge award for her contribution to the clinical engineering profession. Naida continues to write, teach, and speak nationally and internationally on the topic of Toyota-based principles in healthcare. The wife of a pilot, she also shares an interest in applying aviation safety and reliability concepts to healthcare. She holds a BA in English from California State University, East Bay, and a California secondary English teaching credential from California State University, San Francisco. Charles V. Hagood, MBA, is the founder and president of Healthcare Performance Partners, Inc., a Lean healthcare consulting firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, that works with the largest for-profit and not-for-profit hospital systems in the United States. He was also the cofounder and former managing principal of The Access Group, LLC, an international manufacturing services and Lean enterprise consulting firm whose clients included such companies as GE, Tyco, Cessna, and Ford, as well as many other automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods manufacturers. He is the creator and editor of the popular LeanHealthcareExchange.com website and founding faculty member of the Belmont University Lean Healthcare Certificate Program. Charles received his MBA from the Belmont University Massey School of Business in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Massey School of Business.

Introduction to Lean-led Hospital Design. The Typical Timeline. Are We Too Late? Are We Too Early? Standardization Creates Flexibility. Learning from the Past to Create Bed Towers of the Future. St. Patrick Medical Center Emergency Room Transformation. Integrated Project Delivery and Lean - Can they Work Together? Lean Goes Viral: An Architecture Firm Takes a Second Look. Appendix. Glossary