Toward a roadmap for sustainable lean adoption in hospitals: a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of lean adoption in healthcare include improved process efficiency and quality of patient care. However, research indicates that lean implementation in healthcare, and specifically hospitals, is often not sustained. Furthermore, there is a need for maturity models that guide lean implementation, specifically in hospitals. This study develops a prescriptive maturity model named the Sustaining of Lean Adoption in Hospitals Roadmap (SOLAR) that acts as a practical guideline for the sustainable adoption of lean in hospitals.

Methods

The SOLAR has three theoretical foundations, namely lean implementation success factors in hospitals, implementation science, and change management theory. A systematic literature review was conducted to determine the lean imp

SUBMITTER: Van Zyl-Cillie MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409581 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature