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This book is packed with real life examples (from hospitals, medical offices, pharmacies, imaging departments, and more) which can help the reader more easily understand how the Lean Six Sigma principles developed for manufacturing can be applied in the healthcare environment to improve access, quality, safety, service, and affordability. Award Winner for "BEST NEW SIX SIGMA BOOK" by BookAuthority for 2022 and 2023 This 402 page book is written for healthcare leaders, managers, physicians, and professionals that are looking for ways to improve access, quality, safety, and service while reducing or maintaining costs. You will learn from reading this book how to identify, reduce, and prevent any action, activity, variation, and/or expense that does not add "value" for the customer which in Lean Six Sigma is known as "MUDA" or "waste". The first chapter provides an overview of Lean Six Sigma along with a description of the 8 "wastes" and the adverse impact they have on the overall healthcare system.