Continuous Flow for Healthcare

In 2008, Tom decided to trade his Levi Dockers for a pair of black scrubs and joined Mike Rona, former President of Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center, as a partner in the Rona Consulting Group, where he and Mike are "transforming healthcare and pursuing perfection." In 2007, Tom was awarded a Shingo Prize for his book, Hoshin

By arranging people and equipment into an efficient, process-based cell, this process creates a smooth flow that shortens lead times for delivery to customers. Part of the Lean Tools in Healthcare series, this user-friendly book will help to improve readers’ understanding of this tool. Continuous flow (or cellular manufacturing) is an aspect of Lean production that can boost efficiencies by eliminating waste from a process. Through the use of margin assists, the book highlights key terms and points, healthcare examples, and how-to-steps.

In 2008, Tom decided to trade his Levi Dockers for a pair of black scrubs and joined Mike Rona, former President of Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center, as a partner in the Rona Consulting Group, where he and Mike are "transforming healthcare and pursuing perfection." In 2007, Tom was awarded a Shingo Prize for his book, Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise.. The other half of the story was hoshin kanri(aka the "balanced scorecard") and a revolution in the structure of modern business organization. In 2005, Tom started applying Toyota’s operational and management methods in healthcare in a small rural clinic in