Lean management has increasingly become a method of choice for hospitals seeking a creative solution to cost and quality problems. However, its manufacturing roots can make Lean a challenging process ...

What does car manufacturer Toyota and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University have in common? More than you might think. Hospitalists at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based children’s ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Throughout the past year, 20 of Indiana's 35 Critical Access Hospitals began implementing Lean Healthcare methodologies to improve the quality, safety and ...

Over half of public hospitals in the United States have adopted the "Lean" management strategy, leading to improvement in financial performance and efficiency, reports a national survey in the ...

Recent articles looking at Lean and Six Sigma efforts report that they reduce costs and improve efficiency. Some also praise how the models enhance employee satisfaction and buy-in as employees become ...

APPLETON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the Lean Healthcare Summit hosted by the Lean Institute Africa, Catalysis today shared some of the initial results related to lean implementation at ...

KALAMAZOO -- As the recession tightens fiscal belts across West Michigan, area hospitals are on a diet. Three hospital systems have adopted a technique pioneered by the automotive industry known as ...

This story was recently related to me about a hospital in which the Lean process improvement philosophy was adopted, with strong support and encouragement by the CEO. Over several years, it resulted ...

Lean Healthcare Management adapts principles originally developed in manufacturing to the complex, dynamic environment of health services. This approach aims to reduce waste, improve efficiency and ...

In response to the financial pressures facing hospitals, the non-profit Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has altered its business strategy to operate more like a venture capital firm, ...

BEND, Ore. — For decades, Oregon’s health system was envied across the nation. Managed care organizations enrolled a large share of the population. The Oregon Health Plan, conceived in the 1990s, made ...