Despite the reported success of Lean in health care settings, it is unclear why and how
organizations adopt Lean and how Lean transforms work design and, in turn, affects …

This paper reports empirical findings concerning the nature of complexities of Lean
implementation in two hospital Trusts in the UK. The research is part of a wider project that …

Purpose–There has been considerable interest in the implementation of practices imported
from manufacturing into healthcare as a solution to rising healthcare spending and …

Lean management principles were first developed in the 1950s in the industrial setting of car
manufacturing, and the first laboratory was the Toyota manufacturing plant. Further, Womack …

Objectives To date, experiences of leaders in the implementation of Lean after a Lean
Training Programme have not been systematically investigated within teaching hospitals …

Objective Lean interventions aim to improve quality of healthcare by reducing waste and
facilitate flow in work processes. There is conflicting evidence on the outcomes of lean …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explain how different emergency services adopt
and adapt the same hospital-wide lean-inspired intervention and how this is reflected in …

The barriers to implement lean have been well researched and have generated consistent
results; this study identifies these as ostensible barriers. There is a dearth of research that …

This article analyses implementation barriers to lean thinking in health care, based on
experience of applying lean thinking in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). It discusses …

Background There is growing interest in applying lean thinking in healthcare, yet, there is
still limited knowledge of how and why lean interventions succeed (or fail). To address this …