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 …

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 …

Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC
study | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish …

Six Sigma has been widely used in the healthcare sector as a management tool to improve
patient quality and safety. The objective of this study is to identify opportunities for its …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature on Lean Six Sigma
(LSS) for services, construct a morphological analysis (MA) framework and identify research …

Hospitals worldwide are giving a growing emphasis to the application of lean concepts in
the healthcare sector, commonly known as 'lean healthcare'. A fundamental tool that allows …

Abstract Lean Six Sigma (LSS) that offers a unique integration of Lean and Six Sigma has
been accepted globally across services sectors. Previous studies that examined the …

Purpose The main objective of this study is to investigate what are the critical success factors
that exist for continuous improvement (CI) methodology deployment in the Irish medical …

Purpose By applying a systematic literature review, this paper aims to identify the major
healthcare problem domains (ie target areas) for lean supply chain management (LSCM) …

Purpose Lean Six Sigma in public and private healthcare organisations has received
considerable attention over the last decade. Nevertheless, such process improvement …