Applying the Toyota Production System: using a patient safety alert system to reduce error.
Furman C, Caplan RA. Applying the Toyota Production System: using a patient safety alert system to reduce error. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(7):376-386.
The authors describe their institution's Patient Safety Alert system in which employees are required to stop activity and report situations that they believe may cause patient harm.