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Article: Altarum Institute Expert on Use of "Lean" Management in Health Care Authors New Book.
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- October 6, 2009
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Altarum Institute's lean six sigma team leader, Steven Hoeft, has just published a new book on lean principles and the many lessons he has learned from its application during his career. Hoeft's book, Stories From My Sensei: Two Decades of Lessons Learned Implementing Toyota-Style Systems, is published by Productivity Press.
Hoeft is a senior lean six sigma coach at Altarum and works with clients to apply his lean experience in the field of health care and hospital administration. "Lean" is a process improvement philosophy employed to improve efficiency and reduce waste. Altarum has been a pioneer in the application of lean in the health care ...