Introduction to Lean

 

Introduction to Lean Healthcare


What is Lean?

Set of management practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness by eliminating waste. The core principle of lean is to reduce and eliminate non-value adding activities and waste.


Benefits of Lean in Healthcare:

  • Improve quality of care and reduce errors 
  • Controlling costs (for patient and organization)
  • Eliminating waste as perceived by the patient, thereby maximizing quality and safety for the patient.
  • All healthcare staff become focused on finding better ways to take care of patients
  • Decreasing unacceptable rates of preventable care-associated patient injuries and deaths.





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