title: Healthcare Lean.
abstract: Lean Thinking is an integrated approach to designing, doing and improving the work of people that have come together to produce and deliver goods, services and information. Healthcare Lean is based on the Toyota production system and applies concepts and techniques of Lean Thinking to hospitals and physician practices.
authors.affiliation: Lfan Concepts, Detroit, USA. jlong@leanconcepts.com
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014941:Work Simplification