To improve the delivery of patient care, governments and health-care institutions adopted
quality improvement methods that had been developed decades earlier in manufacturing …

Background Lean is a quality improvement management system from the Toyota
manufacturing industry. Since the early 2000's, Lean has been used as an intervention for …

Background Lean as a management system has been increasingly adopted in health care
settings in an effort to enhance quality, capacity and safety, while simultaneously containing …

Abstract Background In 2012, the Saskatchewan Ministry for Health mandated a system-
wide Lean transformation. Research has been conducted on the implementation processes …

Healthcare systems internationally are working under increasing demand to use finite
resources with greater efficiency. The drive for efficiency utilises process improvement …

Aim This study explores the perceptions and experiences of nurse managers involved in
implementing the Lean management system in a Western Canadian province. Background …

Purpose To determine if second-opinion review of gynaecologic oncologic (GynOnc)
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by sub-specialized radiologists impacts patient care …

Background The costs of investing in health care reform initiatives to improve quality and
safety have been underreported and are often underestimated. This paper reports direct and …

Lean methodology was developed in the manufacturing industry to increase output and
decrease costs. These labor organization methods have become the mainstay of major …

We detail a case study using a participatory modeling approach in the development and use
of discrete-event simulations to identify intervention strategies aimed at reducing emergency …