The sustainability of Lean in pediatric healthcare: a realist review

Abstract Background Lean is a quality improvement management system from the Toyota manufacturing industry. Since the early 2000’s, Lean has been used as an intervention for healthcare improvement. Lean is intended to reduce costs and improve customer value through continuous improvement. Despite it...

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Main Authors: Rachel Flynn, Amanda S. Newton, Thomas Rotter, Dawn Hartfield, Sarah Walton, Michelle Fiander, Shannon D. Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0800-z