Lean participative process improvement: outcomes and obstacles in trauma orthopaedics

OBJECTIVES: To examine the effectiveness of a "systems" approach using Lean methodology to improve surgical care, as part of a programme of studies investigating possible synergy between improvement approaches. SETTING: A controlled before-after study using the orthopaedic trauma theatre o...

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Main Authors: New, S, Hadi, M, Pickering, S, Robertson, E, Morgan, L, Griffin, D, Collins, G, Rivero-Arias, O, Catchpole, K, McCulloch, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016