As a stronger orientation towards the services providers, in the last three decades Lean
Management offered viable solutions also in the medical field as a strategy to improve …

Paper aims The demand for quality health services is increasing and the efficiency in
hospitals is related to the continued improvement in their processes and services. Faced …

Aim The aim of this study was to review experiences of use of the Lean methodology in the
hospital setting and assess the impact of the interventions in terms of time of processes …

Emphasis on quality and reducing costs has steered many healthcare organizations to
reform their whole philosophy changing their management, processes, and quality control …

This study presents a literature review of 107 papers on lean healthcare to evaluate its
evolution by updating previous literature reviews and to propose a classification and …

This paper presents generalities of Lean manufacturing and applications in Healthcare
organizations--A review of the literature was done, identifying applications of Lean tools in …

The current pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, has put
the health sector in the spotlight. It has led to the emergence of new plans and strategies that …

Lean Management is a well-known applied tool, used to optimize processes and increase
value creation. Soon after proving its results in production, Lean Management started to be …

Purpose The objective of this paper is to propose a systematic application of Lean
Healthcare in the hospitalization activity in the medical clinic entry process …

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 …