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TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the barriers to lean healthcare implementation
AU - Pidd, M
AU - Brandao De Souza, L
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This article analyses implementation barriers to lean thinking in health care, based on experience of applying lean thinking in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). It discusses the differences and similarities between lean thinking in manufacturing and health care and why lean implementation has been slower in health care than in manufacturing. The problems to be faced and overcome when implementing lean approaches are compared with those in other improvement programmes. The authors conclude that lean approaches do offer ways to improve health care.
AB - This article analyses implementation barriers to lean thinking in health care, based on experience of applying lean thinking in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). It discusses the differences and similarities between lean thinking in manufacturing and health care and why lean implementation has been slower in health care than in manufacturing. The problems to be faced and overcome when implementing lean approaches are compared with those in other improvement programmes. The authors conclude that lean approaches do offer ways to improve health care.
U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2011.545548
DO - 10.1080/09540962.2011.545548
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 59
EP - 68
JO - Public Money and Management
JF - Public Money and Management
SN - 0954-0962
IS - 1
ER -