Lean hospitals: a new challenge for facility designers

Reijula, Jori; Tommelein, Iris D.

doi:10.1080/17508975.2012.680429

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“…There is consensus that lean techniques can eliminate waste and reduce risk to manufacturing and services sectors including construction (Howell and Ballard, 1998), aerospace (Hines et al, 2004), services (Bortolotti and Romano, 2012;Suárez-Barrazaa et al, 2012), tourism (Vlachos and Bogdanovic, 2013), hospitals (Reijula, 2012;Young and McClean, 2008), and public administration (Radnor and Walley, 2008).…”

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Applying lean thinking in the food supply chains: a case study

Vlachos

2015

Production Planning & Control

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The purpose of the study is to examine the adoption and implementation of lean thinking in food supply chains. Since the majority of food companies are small and medium food enterprises (SMEs), a lean action plan was developed taking into account the particularities of SMEs. The methodology used was a case study research of a UK tea company. An action research approach was adopted to study the lean process and diagnose the problems which occurred during lean implementation. The present study developed a lean action plan

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Applying lean thinking in the food supply chains: a case study

Vlachos

2015

Production Planning & Control

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“…Several benefits such as increased work efficiency, customer and employee satisfaction, increased well-being, improved communication and teamwork, empowerment of employees, increased employee know-how, etc. have been reported in various Lean implementation projects among healthcare [17,18] . More information on the basics of Lean can be found from following references [26,27] .…”

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“…Lean implementation projects have yielded extra time and energy resources for the personnel, which they have utilized in for example direct communication with the customers [25] . In order to gain sustaining benefits the basic Lean ideology of "Continuous improvement" must be understood [17,24] . This means that every employee within the organization works endlessly towards elimination of waste and in pursuit of perfection.…”

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Can Lean Thinking enhance research administration?

Halkoaho

Itkonen

Vanninen

et al. 2013

JHA

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Background: Hospital research administration is expected to provide improved work efficiency and service delivery in the upcoming years. Meanwhile, resources to support scientific research are dwindling, as is the amount of research support personnel. The aim of the study was to investigate the research admission's user needs, their opinions on the state of today's scientific research and also to assess its future development needs and find out whether a customer-oriented management philosophy such as Lean Thinking could be implemented in the research administration setting to enhance work processes and services.

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“…A relatively well-known innovation, Lean thinking, has shown great potential for eliminating waste from work processes and improving healthcare efficiency in hospitals [8,9]. Lean has made a visible impact in several industry sectors during the past decade, and has been increasingly utilized in healthcare facility design [10].…”

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Evaluating Lean Thinking and Facility Design in Two University Hospitals

Ruohomäki¹,

Reijula²,

Reijula³

2017

ujph

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Hospitals will be expected to work more efficiently in the upcoming years due to several factors, one of which is aging population groups. Meanwhile, healthcare resources are dwindling, as is the amount of available personnel. This paper examines interviews and questionnaires that were conducted to assess the experiences and effects of Lean implementation in two university hospitals. Several factors, such as emphasis on the participatory, user-centric design approach and integrating Lean as an integral part of the operational facility design process in both target hospitals have proven to be beneficial. This study delivers promising evidence from the two university hospitals, which supports the implementation of Lean in the healthcare sector for improving facility design and work processes.

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Lean hospitals: a new challenge for facility designers

Cited by 31 publications

References 55 publications

Applying lean thinking in the food supply chains: a case study

Applying lean thinking in the food supply chains: a case study

Can Lean Thinking enhance research administration?

Evaluating Lean Thinking and Facility Design in Two University Hospitals

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