Trends and approaches in lean healthcare
Trends and approaches in lean healthcare
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DOI：
10.1108/17511870910953788
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
de Souza, Luciano Brandao
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作者：
de Souza, Luciano Brandao
目的-本文的目的是提供一个现有的文献回顾精益医疗保健。它旨在描述这个概念是如何被应用，并评估如何在精益医疗方法的趋势和方法已经演变了多年。设计/方法/方法-本文调查了精益医疗在当前文献中的应用，并根据建议的分类法对90多个作品进行了分类。它仍然是一个挑战，为学者和从业人员评估精益医疗保健下一个更关键的prospects.Practical影响-这项工作不仅是有益的医疗从业人员和研究人员在私人和公共组织，而且也为期刊编辑和审稿人，因为它提供了一个最新的全面审查随时访问。独创性/价值-自从精益开始应用于医疗保健，没有努力提供一个完整的资源调查现有的文献已经完成。
Purpose - The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the existing literature on lean healthcare. It seeks to describe how this concept has being applied and to assess how trends and methods of approach in lean healthcare have evolved over the years.Design/methodology/approach - The paper surveys the applications of lean healthcare in the current literature and classifies over 90 works according to a taxonomy suggested.Findings - Though there seems to exist an agreement about the potential of lean healthcare, it remains a challenge for academics and practitioners to evaluate lean healthcare under a more critical perspective.Practical implications - This work is helpful not only for healthcare practitioners and for researchers in private and public organisations, but also for journal editors and reviewers because it offers ready access to an up to date comprehensive review.Originality/value - Since lean started being applied in healthcare, no effort to provide a complete resource surveying the existing literature has been done.