Thriving in Unpredictable Times A Reader on ‘AGILITY’ in Health Care.
Published May 2003
Book Contents
Foreword
Introduction to agility
Thriving in unpredictable times
Planning and scheduling; maintaining flow
Reducing work in progress and waste
Using stock, flow and trigger (SiFT) mapping
Maximising the use of information systems
Teaming and leading in an agile system
The journey to agility; case studies from improving
Developing agile primary care organisations
Performance managing agile organisations
Coping with uncommon calamities
Personalised therapeutics impact on treatment efficiency
Policy implications
Contributors
David Aron Nigel Bell Maxine Connor Nigel Edwards Sarah Fraser Stephen Guy Val Jones Amanda Layton Penny Shuttleworth Helen Smith Barry Tennison Steve Unwin Tim Wilson David Yarrow