Book Chapters

Henry Ford Production System in the Literature



The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement. Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance. New York: McGraw Hill, 2011. Jeffrey K Liker and James K Franz (eds.)

Chapter 9: Bringing Henry Ford’s Ideas Alive at Henry Ford Health Systems Labs through PDCA Leadership (pp. 225-256).




The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership. Achieving and Sustaining Excellence Through Leadership Development. New York: McGraw Hill, 2016. Jeffrey K Liker and Karyn Ross.

Quality Improvement at Henry Ford Health Systems Diagnostic Labs (pp214-220)
Automation at Henry Ford Health System Labs (pp224-226)
The X-Matrix in Henry Ford Medical Labs (pp348-350)




Moving Beyond Repair: Perfecting Health. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative and Jewish Healthcare Foundation, 2012. KW Feinstein, S Elster, CM Vrbin (Eds.)

Section III: Henry Ford Health System Leans on Transformative Philosophy for Sustained Improvements (pp. 47-71)




The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare. Improving patient Care Using Toyota Based Methods. New York: HCP Productivity Press, 2008. Naida Grunden. 

Chapter 8. Culture Change Transforms Henry Ford Hospital Pathology Department (pp166-182).




Pathology Informatics: Theory & Practice. Chicago: AJCP Press, 2012. Liron Pantanowitz, Mark Tuthill JM, Ulysses Balis (eds): 


Chapter 19. Error Reduction and Quality ManagementD'Angelo R and Zarbo RJ, (pp305-318). 

















Principles and Practice of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology. 3rd Edition. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1997. Silverberg S, DeLellis R, Frable J (eds.)

Quality Control, Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement in Anatomic Pathology, Zarbo RJ, Rickert RR. 

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