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Jan 12, 2021 · California’s hospitals run unusually lean for some state-specific reasons. People began moving to California in large numbers just as treating patients in hospitals for weeks at a time was...
The stakes were high, as the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), which funded the Lean project, put it: “Public hospital systems are under the gun to increase capacity, enhance patient experience, improve care, and reduce costs. In fact, their very survival depends on it.”
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Many public hospitals have adopted Lean management methodology, but little is known about the extent of Lean adoption or the relationship between Lean adoption and hospital perfor-mance.
Using data from the 2017 National Survey of Lean/Transformational Performance Improvement in Hospitals, linked with data from the American Hospital Association 2015 Annual Hospital Survey and 2015 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data on hospital performance, we compare public hospitals with nonprofit and for-profit hospitals on the ...
- Justine Po, Thomas G Rundall, Stephen M Shortell, Janet C Blodgett
- 2019
May 1, 2021 · Hospitals were counted as having adopted Lean if they were using Lean, Lean plus Six Sigma, or Robust Process Improvement. The degree of Lean implementation was measured by the number of hospital units using Lean out of a potential total of 29 units common to all general medical/surgical hospitals.
- Stephen M. Shortell, Janet C. Blodgett, Thomas G. Rundall, Rachel Mosher Henke, Elina Reponen
- 2021
Oct 17, 2023 · With the support of the Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 Data Fellowship, I will examine the local effects of hospital overcrowding in Los Angeles and explore why research lags behind on-the-ground experiences of overcrowding.
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May 2, 2018 · Lean processes can take years to institute, but are a worthwhile investment. This paper profiles the improvement journey of these two medical centers with insights and challenges from chief executives Susan Ehrlich, MD, and Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD.
