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Additional Readings Ahlstrom, J., 2018. Using the 5S Lean Tool for Health Care. Lean Is a ProblemSolving Approach for Continuous Improvement—and the 5S Tool Is of Value in Healthcare Settings. https://s3.amazonaws.com/rdcms-himss/files/product ion/public/HIMSSorg/Content/files/MEPI/5S_ImpactArticle.pdf Bialek, R., Duffy, G. L. and Moran, J. W., 2009. The Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook. Milwaukee, WI: ASQ Quality Press: 168–170. Graban, M., 2017. “#Lean: Clarifying Push, Pull, and Flow in a Hospital; the Patient ‘Pulls.’” Lean Blog, https://www.leanblog.org/2014/02/flow-push-and-pull-in- a-hospital/ Institute for Healthcare Improvement; IHI, 2005. Going Lean in Health Care. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Cambridge, MA. www.IHI.org. Mahalik, P., 2014. A Practical Approach to the Successful Practice of 5S. Six Sigma Tools and Templates. iSix Sigma. https://www.isixsigma.com/tools-template s/5s/practical-approach-successful-practice-5s/ Ohno, T., 1988. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production. Portland, OR: Productivity Press. Rouse, M., 2015. Kanban. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/kanban Smartsheet, 2018. Understanding Kanban Inventory Management and Its Uses Across Multiple Industries. https://ww w.smartsheet.com/understanding-kanb an-inventor y-management-and-its-uses-across-multiple-industries Walters, C., 2012. What Is Standardized Work (And What Is It Not)? LEANBLITZ. http://leanblitzconsulting.com/2012/09/what-is-standardized-work-and-what-i s-it-not/ Womack, J. P. and Jones, D. T., 1996. Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation. New York: Simon & Schuster. Womack, J. P., Jones, D. T. and Roos, D., 1990. The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production—How Japan’s Secret Weapon in the Global Auto Wars Will Revolutionize Western Industry. New York: Rawson Associates. Zarbo, R. J. and D’Angelo, R., 2006. “Transforming to a Quality Culture: The Henry Ford Production System,” American Journal of Clinical Pathology 126(suppl): S21–S29. Zarbo, R. J., Tuthill, J. M., D’Angelo, R. et al., 2009. “The Henry Ford Production System: Reduction of Surgical Pathology in-Process Misidentification Defects by Bar Code–Specified Work Process Standardization.” American Journal of Clinical Pathology 131: 468–477.
