A Lean Approach for Reducing Downtimes in Healthcare: A Case Study - Lean, Green and Sustainability
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A Lean Approach for Reducing Downtimes in Healthcare: A Case Study

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Lean Management is considered one of the most successful management paradigms for enhancing operational performance in the manufacturing environment. However, it has been applied throughout the years to several sectors and organisational areas, such as service, healthcare, and office departments. After the Covid-19 outbreak, increasing attention has been given to potential performance improvements in healthcare organisations by leveraging Lean. This paper intends to add further knowledge to this field by presenting a case study in a hospital. In this paper, a pilot project is presented carried out in a healthcare organisation. Lean methods were used to improve the operating room performance, particularly by reducing the operating room changeover time. The A3 template was used to drive the project and implement a new procedure using the Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) method. With the implementation of the new procedure, the changeover time between two different surgeries in the operating room was significantly reduced, together with a more stable and reliable process.
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hal-04735679 , version 1 (15-10-2024)

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Stefano Frecassetti, Matteo Ferrazzi, Alberto Portioli-Staudacher. A Lean Approach for Reducing Downtimes in Healthcare: A Case Study. 8th European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC), Nov 2022, Galway, Ireland. pp.72-81, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-25741-4_8⟩. ⟨hal-04735679⟩
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