reducing wastes in the healthcare processes is crucial for developing a high performance health system. adopted from the toyota production system (tps), the lean concept has emerged in recent years as a way of introducing innovative ideas to improve industrial processes. in the context of health care, lean is considered as a continuous improvement model, which provides healthcare organization t...

PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to discuss lean as a learning system in a hospital ward. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Discusses lean as a learning system in a hospital ward. FINDINGS The Toyota veterans are fond of saying, lean is about "making people before making parts" or, in the wards' context, developing nurses before delivering care. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This example in using lea...

BACKGROUND Lean thinking as a quality improvement approach is introduced in hospitals worldwide, although evidence for its impact is scarce. Lean initiatives are social, complex and context-dependent. This calls for a shift from cause-effect to conditional attributions to understand how lean works. In this study, we bring attention to the transformative power of local translation, which creates...

OBJECTIVES Due to an increasing demand for more examinations in a non-profitmaking hospital with a fixed budget, Lean Management was introduced in the Department of Radiology in 2006. The process, experience and results are discussed from a management view. METHODS Lean principles were introduced in the department and ways of working were adjusted accordingly. RESULTS Higher productivity an...

Lean management with organizational commitment of employees is recognized to improve hospital service operations. This research explores the extent to which lean management practices are adopted by hospitals in Thailand. The purpose of this paper is to investigate lean practices and organizational commitment affecting operational performance in hospitals. Data was collected from the hospital im...

Background: As health care struggles to meet increasing demands with limited resources, Lean Management is becoming a popular management approach. More is known about operational aspects of Lean application than about the socio-technical aspects such as how Lean interacts with teamwork and the psychosocial work environment. It is also unclear why and how organizations adopt Lean. Aim: This proj...

Lean healthcare is a new concept in hospital management that not only focus on patient value but also efficiency. This study aimed to understand how far the employees bring lean implementation their daily work. phylosophy tend built culture. used descriptive qualitative design with team several unit Panti Rapih Hospital. adopted an instrument of Healthcare Quistionaire which measure four domain...

Experience of implementing lean thinking (LT) in a multispecialty hospital located in southern part of India is discussed. Case hospital was chosen and problems associated with various processes were identified and they were mapped to seven wastes. Solutions based on lean principles/practices were implemented and improvements were evaluated through performance

This paper considers the migration of lean process improvement methods from hospital systems to outpatient clinics. We review the strengths and weaknesses of a series of lean projects that were conducted in a community mental health center over a four-year period. We consider the evolution of the organization’s lean approaches and project results to identify areas of continuing research that ap...