Purpose – The purpose of this study is to describe an understanding of Lean in healthcare try to identify barriers in successful implementation of lean in healthcare, as it has achieved in mass manufacturing. Methodology – Systematic literature review approach is adopted for this paper and literatures are classified into categories, based on the quality aims of healthcare proposed by IOM in 2001. Findings – A total of 52 literatures in lean healthcare are reviewed, classified and analyzed. Several barriers are found in literatures including lost in translation of lean lingos, difficulty to define customers in healthcare settings, narrow application of Lean instead of broad pictures, the lack of pursuit in continuous perfection of le...
Health institutions, such as hospitals, have sought to improve their operations, within their manage...
Lean principles are being successfully applied in the most diverse sectors beyond industry. In the h...
The lean philosophy has been used in various sectors, while the services sector is one that has more...
Health researchers and managers are looking for sustainable methodologies and management tools that ...
A dissertação que aqui se apresenta intitula-se Lean Healthcare: estratégia para a qualificação da g...
The literature has shown that some barriers can hinder the implementation of lean healthcare, negati...
This paper deals with the presence of Lean Production System in hospitals, known as Lean Healthcare....
Background: Lean seems to be the next revolution for a better, improved, value-based healhcare. In t...
Lately, Lean philosophy is increasingly gaining importance due to a competitive environment, which c...
The hospital environment is very conducive to incorporate the Lean philosophy, as this organizations...
Purpose: Fostered by a rapid spread beyond the manufacturing sector, Lean philosophy for continuous ...
Purpose – Even though the implementation of Lean in healthcare environments is relatively recent, it...
The academic literature offers many examples of firms which have achieved significant improvement vi...
Although the lean concept emerged from the manufacturing industry, its application has been utilized...
The healthcare environment aims at improving and quality in health management, with trends and pract...
Health institutions, such as hospitals, have sought to improve their operations, within their manage...
Lean principles are being successfully applied in the most diverse sectors beyond industry. In the h...
The lean philosophy has been used in various sectors, while the services sector is one that has more...
Health researchers and managers are looking for sustainable methodologies and management tools that ...
A dissertação que aqui se apresenta intitula-se Lean Healthcare: estratégia para a qualificação da g...
The literature has shown that some barriers can hinder the implementation of lean healthcare, negati...
This paper deals with the presence of Lean Production System in hospitals, known as Lean Healthcare....
Background: Lean seems to be the next revolution for a better, improved, value-based healhcare. In t...
Lately, Lean philosophy is increasingly gaining importance due to a competitive environment, which c...
The hospital environment is very conducive to incorporate the Lean philosophy, as this organizations...
Purpose: Fostered by a rapid spread beyond the manufacturing sector, Lean philosophy for continuous ...
Purpose – Even though the implementation of Lean in healthcare environments is relatively recent, it...
The academic literature offers many examples of firms which have achieved significant improvement vi...
Although the lean concept emerged from the manufacturing industry, its application has been utilized...
The healthcare environment aims at improving and quality in health management, with trends and pract...
Health institutions, such as hospitals, have sought to improve their operations, within their manage...
Lean principles are being successfully applied in the most diverse sectors beyond industry. In the h...
The lean philosophy has been used in various sectors, while the services sector is one that has more...