Improving patient care at a multi-speciality hospital using lean six sigma

DJ Persis, V Sunder M, VR Sreedharan… - Production Planning & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Healthcare has been an important necessity globally. Healthcare organizations have
realized the importance of continuous improvement practices like lean six sigma (LSS). In …

How lean six sigma principles improve hospital performance

AC Honda, VZ Bernardo, MC Gerolamo… - Quality Management …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The healthcare industry continues to emphasize quality and productivity improvements. This
study focuses on the implementation of Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) principles in …

Implementing lean six sigma in health care: a review of case studies

AK Samanta, A Gurumurthy - International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Health care organisations implement lean six sigma (LSS) methodology to achieve
improved performance in terms of cost, quality and productivity. However, the way it gets …

Lean Six Sigma for the healthcare sector: a multiple case study analysis from the Indian context

S Bhat, J Antony, EV Gijo, EA Cudney - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the voice of the customer, key performance
indicators, critical to quality characteristics, critical success factors, and commonly used tools …

Application of lean six sigma to improve service in healthcare facilities management: a case study

WT Shirey, KT Sullivan, B Lines… - Journal of Facility …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on the application of the Lean Six
Sigma (LSS) quality improvement methodology to facilities management (FM) services at a …

Lean six sigma in health operations: challenges and opportunities—'Nirvana for operational efficiency in hospitals in a resource limited settings'

D Yaduvanshi, A Sharma - Journal of Health Management, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The hospitals over the last few years have been facing major issues and challenges; the
patients aspire world-class health care quality delivery while state and health insurance …

Productivity and performance improvement in the medical records department of a hospital: an application of Lean Six Sigma

S Bhat, EV Gijo, NA Jnanesh - International Journal of Productivity and …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology
was applied to a medical records department (MRD) of a hospital in India to reduce the Turn …

Lean six sigma in healthcare: a systematic literature review on motivations and benefits

O McDermott, J Antony, S Bhat, R Jayaraman, A Rosa… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has been applied extensively in healthcare organisations,
there has been limited research on the trends of LSS application in healthcare in recent …

Performance and service quality enhancement in a healthcare setting through lean six sigma strategy

A Noronha, S Bhat, EV Gijo, J Antony… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The article intended to excavate the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) deployment challenges,
Critical Success Factors (CSF), tools and techniques, and managerial implications in an …

Effects of Lean Six Sigma application in healthcare services: a literature review

S Ahmed, NHA Manaf, R Islam - Reviews on environmental health, 2013 - degruyter.com
The healthcare organization is the place where defects and mistakes cannot be tolerated. A
simple mistake can cost a human life so defects or mistakes must be eliminated in …