LEAN – LEAN Healthcare Academy

LEAN Healthcare Academy     Successes Website, click on the title above to access this site About: A joint venture between Airedale NHS Trust and Virtual College, a leader in the field of blended learning provision, the Lean Healthcare Academy helps Trusts generate time and cost savings and improve the patient experience through implementation of Lean principles. [...]

LEAN – Lean implementation in primary care health visiting services in National Health Service UK

Lean implementation in primary care health visiting services in National Health Service UK, Quality & Safety in Healthcare, May, 2010, pp 1-6 Grove AL, Meredith JO, Macintyre M, Angelis J, Neailey K The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK Abstract: Background This paper presents the findings of a 13-month lean implementation in National Health [...]

LEAN – Transforming the Patient Care Environment with Lean Six Sigma and Realistic Evaluation

Transforming the Patient Care Environment with Lean Six Sigma and Realistic Evaluation, Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2009, Volume 31 Issue 3, Pages 29 - 35 Jason Black Abstract: Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a structured methodology for transforming processes, but it does not fully consider the complex social interactions that cause processes to form in hospital organizations. By combining LSS [...]

LEAN – Applying Lean Techniques to Improve the Patient Scheduling Process

Applying Lean Techniques to Improve the Patient Scheduling Process, Journal for Healthcare Quality, Volume 31, Issue 3, Date: May/June 2009, Pages: 10-16 Edward M. Wojtys, Laurie Schley, Kristi A. Overgaard, Julie Agbabian Abstract: A patient’s access to healthcare resources often begins with scheduling an appointment with a medical doctor or other provider. An inefficient scheduling system leads to unnecessary [...]

LEAN – Implementation of releasing time to care – the productive ward

Implementation of releasing time to care – the productive ward,  Journal of Nursing Management, 2009, Volume 17 Issue 5, Pages 647 - 654 GWYNETH WILSON MA, BN, Dip Advanced Nursing Studies, RM, RN Director of Nursing/Clinical Academic Fellow, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, London, UK and Anglia Ruskin University, London, UK    Abstract: Background This paper describes the implementation [...]

LEAN – A modern framework for achieving enterprise excellence

A modern framework for achieving enterprise excellence  International Journal of Lean Six Sigma (2010), 1 (1) : 56-65 Click on the paper title above to access the full-text of this paper Abstract: Purpose  This paper aims to present a quality and business improvement framework based on Six Sigma/design, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC); design [...]

LEAN – Tameside CDRP – substance misuse services: case study

Tameside CDRP – substance misuse services: case study  NHS Innovation and Improvement, 2010 Click on the title above to access the full-text of this case study Abstract: This case study looks at a lean design review of a substance misuse service in Tameside, Greater Manchester. Lancashire Care staff can either click on the link above [...]

Lean – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

Introducing LEAN Methodology   Mental Health Matters – Developing Mental Health Services in Lancashire Click on the title to access the information on Lean in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust Introducing LEAN Methodology In order to improve the quality of care for its service users Lancashire Care has started to introduce the ‘Lean way of working’ [...]

Lean Case Study – Learning to see the whole patient journey

Learning to see the whole patient journey   NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement Click on the title above to access the full-text of this case study Abstract: A case study of Hereford Hopsital of their ’5 day’ lean improvement project focused upon the patient journey. The service transformation team have been working at Hereford [...]

Rethinking the Role of Mental Illness in Suicide

Rethinking the Role of Mental Illness in Suicide, The American Journal of Psychiatry. Jul 2010. Vol. 167, Iss. 7; p. 731 (3 pages) Michael R Phillips Abstract: Studies have found that the SCID can be used reliably in China (5), but clinicians need to be flexible in their use of the SCID probes to make [...]