...Emanuela Leal Codognotto; Fabiane Letícia Lizarelli; Moacir Godinho Filho; Gilberto Miller Devós Ganga Purpose Lean Healthcare ( LH ) aims to increase patient value, enhance quality and reduce waste across processes. However, in hospital settings, the assimilation of LH into routine practice...

... Fuzzy DEMATEL Performance management Lean healthcare Operating room Fuzzy TOPSIS Class Multi-criteria decision-making Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, 2024/03042-0 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, 130134/2024-4 This study...

...Robson Fernandes Vianna; Andrei Bonamigo; Ana Paula Barbosa Sobral; Robisom Damasceno Calado Purpose This study aims to analyse the long-term impacts of Lean Healthcare implementation in a 24-h Emergency Care Unit. Design/methodology/approach A total of 204 health-care professionals were...

... often face challenges such as overcrowding, staffing shortages and disruptions to patient flow, all of which negatively impact patient satisfaction. This paper aims to use discrete-event simulation and lean healthcare to analyse patient flows, exploring multiple scenarios to improve both patient...

... the contributions of the Lean Healthcare approach in the 24 h ECUs through SMED analysis to reduce setup time in activities characterised as waste in 24 h UPAs. Research limitations/implications In this study, data were collected directly from the Good Practices Application, from a specific project conducted...

... Licensed re-use rights only Lean Six Sigma Healthcare operations Process improvement Lean healthcare COVID-19 pandemic Supply chain dependency Continuous improvement programs, like Six Sigma and Lean, have been used in industry for many years. Six Sigma was started initially by Motorola...