Book contents
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures and Sidebars
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Lean Production as the Dominant Division of Labor
- Part I Theories of Lean Production
- Part II Lean Production across Industries
- 7 Challenges to Lean Implementation from a True Lean Toyota Production System Perspective
- 8 Lean Production in the Automotive Industry
- 9 Product and Process Innovation to Power the Lean Enterprise
- 10 Using a Lean Six Sigma Strategy to Be Resilient in the Telecommunications Sector
- 11 Lean Transformation in Healthcare
- 12 The Adoption of Lean Thinking by Legal Services Providers
- 13 Lean in Public Services
- 14 Mass Merchandizing and Lean Production at Walmart, Costco, and Amazon
- 15 Lean Management Systems and the Use of Financial Information
- 16 Lean Workflow and Quality Assurance when Creating Software-Intensive Products and Services
- Part III Lean Production Around the World
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
11 - Lean Transformation in Healthcare
from Part II - Lean Production across Industries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2021
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures and Sidebars
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Lean Production as the Dominant Division of Labor
- Part I Theories of Lean Production
- Part II Lean Production across Industries
- 7 Challenges to Lean Implementation from a True Lean Toyota Production System Perspective
- 8 Lean Production in the Automotive Industry
- 9 Product and Process Innovation to Power the Lean Enterprise
- 10 Using a Lean Six Sigma Strategy to Be Resilient in the Telecommunications Sector
- 11 Lean Transformation in Healthcare
- 12 The Adoption of Lean Thinking by Legal Services Providers
- 13 Lean in Public Services
- 14 Mass Merchandizing and Lean Production at Walmart, Costco, and Amazon
- 15 Lean Management Systems and the Use of Financial Information
- 16 Lean Workflow and Quality Assurance when Creating Software-Intensive Products and Services
- Part III Lean Production Around the World
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Healthcare is the least safe industry in the world today. In the USA alone over 200,000 patients die from medical error each year (Makary and Daniel 2016). This is the third leading cause of death. This true crisis in healthcare is the burning platform for a new management method. The lean method. Multiple healthcare case studies have shown that organizations managed through lean thinking produce better quality results. Further, preliminary data suggest some positive associations between lean implementation and selected one year lagged performance measures such as lower Medicare Spending per Adjusted Beneficiary and higher Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) done by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of all hospitals in the USA (Shortell and Rundall 2018).
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- The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean ProductionDiverging Theories and New Industries around the World, pp. 271 - 293Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021