The need for implementing lean in healthcare organisations

Adriana Giraldo, William M. Mothersell and Jaideep Motwani

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2015, vol. 16, issue 2, 211-230

Abstract: For change to take place within a healthcare setting, hospital's administrators and practitioners will need to develop cognitive pathways in order to recognise the direct relationship between poor procedural systems and practitioners' reactionary measures. In this paper, we illustrate, by means of four case examples, how hospital administrators and practitioners should shift their efforts towards the implementation of a holistic approach such as lean methodology to develop, deploy and implement sustainable continuous improvement processes. The results of the case examples clearly illustrate that the benefit of such changes outweighs the burden currently placed on the US healthcare system.

Keywords: case examples; lean implementation; healthcare organisations; hospitals; healthcare management; sustainable improvement; continuous improvement. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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