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Lean Management in Healthcare and Hospitals

In: Lean Management, Kaizen, Kata and Keiretsu

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  • Marc Helmold

    (IU, International University of Applied Sciences)

  • Ayşe Küçük Yılmaz

    (Eskisehir Technical University)

  • Triant Flouris

    (Metropolitan College)

  • Thomas Winner

    (IU, International University of Applied Sciences)

  • Violeta Cvetkoska

    (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje)

  • Tracy Dathe

    (Macromedia University)

Abstract

Lean experts investigate to what extent the principles of lean management, which are already a proven concept in industry for process-oriented quality assurance while increasing efficiency, can be applied to the control, support and core processes in the healthcare sector (Kraft, 2016). Learning from the best-practices examples of other industries, there are three success-relevant recommendations for action for the introduction of lean projects in hospitals:

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  • Marc Helmold & Ayşe Küçük Yılmaz & Triant Flouris & Thomas Winner & Violeta Cvetkoska & Tracy Dathe, 2022. "Lean Management in Healthcare and Hospitals," Management for Professionals, in: Lean Management, Kaizen, Kata and Keiretsu, chapter 16, pages 221-227, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-031-10104-5_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10104-5_16
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