A Mini Review on Importance in the Implementation of Lean Management in Healthcare

On Lean Management in Healthcare

  • Marcelo Tierra Universidad Tecnologica Indoamerica - Ecuador
  • Juan Diego Valenzuela Cobos Universidad Espiritu Santo-Ecuador
  • Ana Grijalva-Endara Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad de Guayaquil- Ecuador
  • Maria Fernanda Garces-Moncayo Facultad de Ingenieria, Escuela Ingenieria Ambiental. Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo Km 1/via a Gusno s/n, Riobamba- 060150. Ecuador
Keywords: articles, healthcare, efficiency, lean, thinking

Abstract

Lean management contributes to pursuit the quality, accessibility and efficiency of healthcare institutions. Its importance of the implementation of lean management in the healthcare sector using different strategies to improve services like: the supply chain in hospitals. In this review was used the model proposed by seuring and gold based on the analyze a sample of articles indexed in Scopus, web of science and also the simulation tool was used to in order to illustrate the approach. After implementation of lean thinking in different hospital in some countries improves the structure, process and outcome of care and management actions and management in healthcare promotes advantages in terms of quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare in hospitals.

 

Published
2025-07-08