Practice Policy and Quality Initiatives: Using Lean Principles to Improve Screening Mammography Workflow

Applying Lean Principles to Improve Healthcare Quality and Safety Applying Lean Principles to Improve Healthcare Quality and Safety

Requisites and Best Practices in the Implementation of Lean Principles Applied to Hospital Quality Improvement Initiatives

Since the 1980s there has been an explosion in the use of formalized methodologies for increasing quality and efficiency. Methods outlined by philosophies such as Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, Lean, and ISO 9001 have yielded great returns in the manufacturing environment. These techniques have proven successful in reducing costs, increasing production, and improving quality in both...

Four Principles to Consider Before Advising Women on Screening Mammography.

This article reviews four important screening principles applicable to screening mammography in order to facilitate informed choice. The first principle is that screening may help, hurt, or have no effect. In order to reduce mortality and mastectomy rates, screening must reduce the rate of advanced disease, which likely has not happened. Through overdiagnosis, screening produces substantial har...

Using Lean Principles to Improve Software Development Practices in a Large-Scale Software Intensive Company

Lean software development is the result of adapting lean principles from the manufacturing context to the software development domain. Recently, the various applications of lean software development have been studied but more empirical evidence is needed, especially from the practitioners’ point of view. Firstly, this thesis provides answers for the understanding of lean software development fr...

Comprehensive community initiatives: principles, practice, and lessons learned.

Comprehensive community initiatives strive to improve the lives of children and families in neighborhoods characterized by extreme and concentrated poverty. The initiatives used multifaceted approaches to strengthen communities and improve the provision of social and other services to children and families. Early examples include the settlement houses at the beginning of the twentieth century, ...