Since the 1990s, Lean management principles have been discussed, debated and deployed in healthcare settings as a means to remove excess waste and improve quality. Paul Levy, former president and ...

For instance, Kaizen [a Lean term for continuous improvement] is great for process improvement, but not necessarily great at systems improvement efforts like department-wide or hospital-wide flow ...

The hospital also incorporated lean strategies into a new ER design in 2010. For example, the team wanted to make sure patients had direct sight of the nurses' station from the moment they walked ...

In 2011, the hospital faced $450 million in uncompensated care, compared to $275 million in 2007.

Seattle Children’s Hospital has incorporated lean design into its new Building Hope, which is opening in April. The changes can be simple. For example, Children’s incorporated rubber sheet ...

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Sandra Bruce, CEO of Presence Health, launched the 12-hospital system's Lean initiative in 2012 to boost employee engagement and slash inefficiencies that hindered the delivery of high-value care.

Gayed B, Black S, Daggy J, Munshi IA. Redesigning a joint replacement program using Lean Six Sigma in a Veterans Affairs hospital. JAMA Surg. 2013;148 (11):1050-1056. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013. ...

Both firms have expertise in Lean principles. The hospital's leaders also chose Welty Building Co. and Hasenstab Architects, both based in Akron, to work collaboratively on the project.

For example, using lean Six Sigma, Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL reduced ED length of service by 21% and recovered more than $4 million in cost of quality.