(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A visit to the emergency room with their daughter convinced one couple that a successful business strategy could also help to improve health care practices. Efficiency experts Aneesh and Carolyn Suneja realized that lean principles could be applied to hospital settings. The Sunejas are authors of Lean Doctors: A Bold and Practical Guide to Using Lean Principles to Transform Healthcare Systems, One Doctor at a Time. The book was released this week by Quality Press, the publishing arm of (ASQ) American Society for Quality, www.asq.org.

Lean Doctors is a result of Aneesh’s successful lean journey with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Lean is the name commonly used to describe efficiency principles that have been adapted in industries from automotive manufacturing to retail. 

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