Lean Health Care

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2013 English Publisher:North Carolina Institute of MedicineJournal:North Carolina Medical Journal, volume 74, pages 133-136 (issn: 0029-2559, eissn: 0029-2559,

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Authors: Henry C, Hawthorne; David J, Masterson;

doi: 10.18043/ncm.74.2.133

pmid: 23802475

Lean Health Care

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Abstract

Principles of Lean management are being adopted more widely in health care as a way of improving quality and safety while controlling costs. The authors, who are chief executive officers of rural North Carolina hospitals, explain how their organizations are using Lean principles to improve quality and safety of health care delivery.

Related Organizations

Columbus Regional Healthcare System
United States

Keywords

Practice Management, Medical, Humans, Efficiency, Organizational, Delivery of Health Care, Organizational Innovation, Total Quality Management

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