Lean Healthcare Implementation: How is The Employee’s Acceptance?

Lean in healthcare from employees' perspectives.

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to contribute toward a deeper understanding of the new roles, responsibilities, and job characteristics of employees in Lean healthcare organizations. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The paper is based on three cases studies of healthcare organizations that are regarded as successful examples of Lean applications in the healthcare context. Data were collected ...

Reactions from Employees on the Implementation of Lean Production

The aim of this paper was to empirically investigate what aspects that gave rise to positive and negative reactions among employees in Swedish companies that introduced Lean Production, and how they perceived their work. Two Swedish production plants that had introduced Lean Production 2-6 years before this study were chosen. Deep interviews with 19 bluecollar workers were performed. Continuous...

SimLean: Utilising simulation in the implementation of lean in healthcare

Discrete-event simulation (DES) and lean are approaches that have a similar motivation: improvement of processes and service delivery. Both are being used to help improve the delivery of healthcare, but rarely are they used together. This paper explores from a theoretical and an empirical perspective the potential complementary roles of DES and lean in healthcare. The aim is to increase the imp...

Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Healthcare? Comments From an Academic Physician; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?”

This is a short commentary to the editorial issued by Marianna Fotaki, entitled: “Why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare.” It introduces the necessity of a more cognitive approach to explore further the determinants of behavior towards compassionate care. It raises questions about the importance of training towards a more patient-care and values driven healthcare...

How the Lean Method of Jidoka Optimizes Technology Implementation