Application of lean thinking in health care: a role in emergency departments globally
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Application of lean thinking in health care: a role in emergency departments globally
Lean management principles were first developed in the 1950s in the industrial setting of car manufacturing, and the first laboratory was the Toyota manufacturing plant. Further, Womack and Jones are credited in developing the field [1]. Over the past half a century, lean thinking has become more widely embraced, particularly in manufacturing and industrial settings. More recently, it has been ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-008-0057-8