Process / pipelineProcess improvement, Operational efficiency
Lean Healthcare
Lean is a management philosophy that emerged from the Toyota Production System, focused on maximizing patient value while minimizing waste. Applied to healthcare, Lean uses systematic methods to identify and eliminate non-value-added activities, reduce wait times, and improve the quality of patient care.
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Sources
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- Kim, C. S., Spahlinger, D. A., Kin, J. M., & Billi, J. E. (2009). Lean health care: What can hospitals learn from a world-class automaker? Journal of Hospital Medicine, 4(3), 191–199. DOI: 10.1002/jhm.426 ↗