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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

An evaluation of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies in the national health service

J Antony, J Lancastle, O McDermott, S Bhat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct an empirical study derived from the
previous literature from the perspective of benefits, tools and techniques, continuous …

Impact of 5 years of lean six sigma in a University Medical Center

GC Niemeijer, A Trip, LJ de Jong… - Quality Management …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is an originally industry-based methodology for cost
reduction and quality improvement. In more recent years, LSS was introduced in health care …

Lean Six Sigma in a hospital

J Van den Heuvel, RJMM Does… - … Journal of Six Sigma …, 2006 - inderscienceonline.com
Hospitals today face major challenges. Patients demand quality of care to be improved
continuously. Health insurance companies demand the lowest possible prices. Lean Six …

Role of Lean Six Sigma approach for enhancing the patient safety and quality improvement in the hospitals

S Ahmed, S Hawarna, I Alqasmi… - … Journal of Healthcare …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Lean Six Sigma is one the most effective methods of total quality
management to continuously improve the quality performance of the organizations. This …