To Meet Health Care's Triple Aim, Lean Management Must Be Applied Across the Value Stream Comment on “Management Practices and the Quality of Care in Cardiac Units” Application of Lean Management

Armstrong S, Fox E, Chapman W. — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Many health care organizations seeking solutions to the broad and complex range of problems facing US health care are exploring management practices, such as the “Lean” system, that have improved performance in manufacturing and technology sectors. McConnell and colleagues report that adapting such practices to one type of health care setting—hospital interventional cardiac units—resulted in improved process-of-care measures and lowered 30-day mortality from acute myocardial infarctions.

JAMA Internal Medicine: Patient-Centered Care/Medical Home Topic Collection

To Meet Health Care's Triple Aim, Lean Management Must Be Applied Across the Value Stream Comment on “Management Practices and the Quality of Care in Cardiac Units” Application of Lean Management