What are barriers and facilitators in sustaining lean management in healthcare? A qualitative literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lean management (LM) is a continuous improvement methodology originating from manufacturing and is widely adopted in healthcare to improve processes. LM shows promising results in healthcare and research on the topic is increasing. However, it can be difficult to sustain LM over time, and an overview of facilitators or barriers that influence the sustainment of LM in a healthcare context is unavailable.

Methods

Prior to search, five inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined to establish suitability of identified articles for our research question. This study was based on 24 selected peer-reviewed studies that reported on the sustainment of LM in healthcare organisations, published in the last five years. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systemtic Re

SUBMITTER: Kunnen YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10483794 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature