Adapting the Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool for health care

• Main Author: Hernandez, Cynthia Lynn
• Other Authors: Deborah Nightingale.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
• Subjects: Engineering Systems Division.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62768

Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2010. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). === The Lean Enterprise Self Assessment Tool (LESAT) is a product of the Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This tool has been applied by many organizations to gage their progress toward lean enterprise management, however applying this tool in health care organizations has been inhibited by language and underlying assumptions from product manufacturing. An adaptation of the LESAT specifically for health care is proposed. Review of the literature and special reports on health care are used in determining the recommended changes. "Product life cycle" is reinterpreted as a health care service cycle and context specific enterprise level processes and practices are presented. Comparison to other industry measures shows the content the LESAT for health care to cover all key issues and practices for high quality health care delivery. === by Cynthia Lynn Hernandez. === S.M.in Engineering and Management