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 …

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 …

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 …

Performance enhancement and continuous improvement in healthcare: how lean six sigma “hits the target”

F Barnabè, MC Giorgino, G Jacopo… - International Journal of …, 2016 - usiena-air.unisi.it
This article explores the potentials of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in Healthcare, presenting and
discussing one case study developed adopting an action research approach. The article …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Lean Six Sigma for public sector organizations: is it a myth or reality?

J Antony, B Rodgers, EA Cudney - International Journal of Quality & …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as a process excellence has been widely adopted in both
manufacturing and service organizations; however, its application in the public sector has …

[PDF][PDF] Critical success factors for successful Lean Six Sigma implementation in the service organizations

S Aljazzazen, R Schmuck - Quality Access Success, 2022 - academia.edu
Organisations have been applying Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to increase operational
efficiencies. However, many of them face implementation challenges due to various hurdles …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …