Processes to enhance customer-related services in healthcare organizations are complex
and it can be difficult to achieve efficient patient-focused services. Laboratories make an …

While Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has been applied extensively in healthcare organisations,
there has been limited research on the trends of LSS application in healthcare in recent …

Purpose Even though the implementation of lean in health care environments is relatively
recent, it has been receiving a lot of attention in recent years. Partly because of the fact that it …

Lean healthcare aims to manage and improve the processes in the healthcare sector by
eliminating everything that adds no value by improving quality of services, ensuring patient …

Purpose This paper outlines how Design for Lean Six Sigma methods aided a medical
device manufacturing company in developing a new strategic space management and …

Purpose Although there are general methodologies for lean implementation in
manufacturing companies, a specific methodology for the implementation of lean healthcare …

Quality improvement in clinical laboratories is crucial to ensure accurate and reliable test
results. With increasing awareness of the potential adverse effects of errors in laboratory …

Purpose Several authors have examined the lean healthcare literature, but besides all
efforts made, articles comparing conceptual and analytical studies were not found. Thus, a …

The unsustainable growth of health care costs is leading to transformational change in day-
to-day operations, incentives, and cost structures in the American health care system. In the …

Important in testing services in medical laboratories is the creation of a flexible balance
between quality-response time and minimizing the cost of the service. Beyond the different …