Lean is endorsed as policy in practice in the UK but the challenges and complexities
affecting Lean in healthcare are still to be adequately assessed. Through a qualitative single …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how operations strategy and Lean
concepts can be applied within a healthcare organisation and the degree to which both …

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 …

Objective To understand how lean thinking has been put into practice in healthcare and how
it has worked. Design A realist literature review. Data sources The authors systematically …

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 …

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

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 …

Physicians' resistance towards Lean is often viewed as an important barrier to its successful
implementation in healthcare organisations. However, there exists a dearth of knowledge …

Purpose–Increasingly, healthcare providers are implementing lean practices to achieve
quality results. Implementing lean healthcare practices is unique compared to manufacturing …