Background Lean seems to be the next revolution for a better, improved, value-based
healhcare. In the last 15 years Lean has been increasingly adapted and adopted in …

In an effort to improve operational efficiency, healthcare services around the world have
adopted process improvement methodologies from the manufacturing sector, such as Lean …

Lean management practices in healthcare sector: a literature review | Emerald Insight Books
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Purpose Fostered by a rapid spread beyond the manufacturing sector, Lean philosophy for
continuous improvement has been widely used in service organizations, primarily in the …

Background Lean is a set of operating philosophies and methods that help create a
maximum value for patients by reducing waste and waits. It emphasizes the consideration of …

Trends and approaches in lean healthcare | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies
Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced search Trends and approaches in …

This study presents a literature review of 107 papers on lean healthcare to evaluate its
evolution by updating previous literature reviews and to propose a classification and …

Background Incidents and quality problems are a prime cause why health care leaders are
calling to redesign health care delivery. One of the concepts used is lean thinking. Yet, lean …

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to discuss the current state of implementation of Lean
production in health care. The study focuses on the definition of Lean in health care and …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present findings relating to how Lean is
implemented in English hospitals. Design/methodology/approach–Lean implementation …