The ideas and principles from lean management are now widely being adopted within the
healthcare sector. The analysis in this paper shows that organizations within healthcare …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss health services managers' experiences of
management in a special health-care unit and development efforts from the point of view of …

Methods A semi-qualitative approach was chosen as a survey instrument for the present
study of the expert interviews. The interview guideline was divided into four categories …

There is a growing interest in applying lean in healthcare. Healthcare services around the
world have adopted industrial engineering methods and process improvement …

There are common problems in healthcare for all the world. Preventable mistakes,
infections, raising health costs and changing customer's expectations are the prominent …

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 …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results from a study that investigates first-
line healthcare managers' views on their role and the conditions that influence their ability to …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to evaluate how LEAN thinking is used as a
management and development tool in the Finnish public healthcare system and what kind of …

Many hospitals have recently implemented the management concept lean production. The
aim of this study was to learn how and why three Swedish hospitals selected and developed …

This thesis covered the implementation of lean management in Finnish health care. The
research underlying this thesis represents an empirical, multi-method case study that was …