What does car manufacturer Toyota and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University have in common? More than you might think. Hospitalists at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based children’s ...

The transformation required of healthcare practices seeking to improve care quality while containing costs could benefit from the application of "lean" management thinking, according to a recent study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Editor's note: This case study began in December 2015 after a paper was published in Administrative Science ...

Changes were also made within the hospital to improve communication and share information. In 2008, the hospital established its Mark A. Watson Center for Operations Excellence, which uses Lean Six ...

Boasting a population of almost 3 million, St. Louis is America's 16 th largest city. To help safeguard its citizens' health, the metro area recently opened the doors of the SSM St. Clare Health ...

Hospital IT directors face a set of challenges that are unique in the healthcare industry. You’re working to keep patient information secure, nail down IT processes and provide the best equipment and ...

Few hospitals routinely use MRI first-line for acute stroke diagnosis because of treatment delay concerns. The first study of its kind reports that, by applying "lean" process interventions, it is ...

Norman Regional is going LEAN ... but don’t think that means the health care system and staff are reducing customer service. Quite the opposite. The point of the LEAN program is to eliminate waste, ...

The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for businesses to be nimble and flexible; the ability to adapt processes to new circumstances is paramount. We know that some aspects of the ...

Purchase the 3-Course Package and save $805 on your total price for the LSS Green Belt, Lean Principles and LSS Black Belt courses. The Lean Principles online course provides learners with a ...