Lead-Time Reduction Utilizing Lean Tools Applied to Healthcare: The Inpatient Pharmacy at a Local Hospital

Al-Araidah, Omar; Momani, Amer; Khasawneh, Mohammad T.; Momani, Mohammed

doi:10.1111/j.1945-1474.2009.00065.x

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“…Similar results have been reported by Kelly et al, (2007), in their project, where an emergency department was analysed and redesigned using lean principles. Moreover, research indicates that Lean implementation resulted in reduced lead-time (Al-Araidah et al, 2010), clinical errors (Raab et al, 2006), inappropriate procedures (Van Lent et al, 2009) and enhanced patient and staff satisfaction .…”

Section: Lean Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A case study of kanban implementation within the pharmaceutical supply chain

Papalexi

Bamford

Dehe

2015

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

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The paper explores the implementation of the kanban system, which is a Lean technique, within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC). The case study provides insight to the benefits and challenges arising from the application of this technique, within a group of cooperative pharmacists, in Greece. The research questions developed from the review of the literature were tested using evidence from field-based, action research within a pharmaceutical organisation. The reported case study contributes to the longer term debate on assessing the Lean maturity level within the healthcare sector. There are two primary findings: i) that the adoption of kanban system provides a strategic benefit and improves the quality of services. ii) it also provides a basis for a strategy of operational change; it gives the opportunity to the organisation to move away from the current push delivery and logistics systems toward improved logistics strategy models.

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Section: Lean Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A case study of kanban implementation within the pharmaceutical supply chain

Papalexi

Bamford

Dehe

2015

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

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“…The papers with a more narrow scope explore Lean and/or Six Sigma for a specific context, namely clinical labs, 77,80 histology labs, 78 emergency department, 80 ambulatory clinic 79 and surgical units. 76,82,83 Case studies About half of the papers found are case study papers, explaining a practical application of Lean Thinking or Six Sigma. Figure 2 classifies the case studies according to the six quality issues as defined by the IOM.…”

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confidence: 99%

Lean Thinking and Six Sigma: proven techniques in industry. Can they help health care?

Shirazi¹,

Pintelon²

2013

International Journal of Care Pathways

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Lean Thinking and Six Sigma are quality management tools developed in an industrial context, where they have proven their usefulness for decades. More recently, these tools entered health care. Quite some literature on the application of these tools in health care has appeared since. This paper reviews this literature; more than 120 papers are studied and classified according to the nature of the paper: review, case study, strategy or tool description. Many case study papers were found. For these papers further analysis was made on the focus quality issue, the tools used and the area of implementation.

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“…An inpatient pharmacy at a local Jordanian hospital achieved a reduction in lead time by utilizing lean concepts [8]. The authors reported savings of more than 45 % in the drug dispensing cycle time.…”

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confidence: 95%

Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery at Outpatients Clinics Using Discrete Event Simulation

Al-Araidah¹,

Boran²,

Wahsheh³

2012

Int. j. simul. model.

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Outpatient clinics are demanding more consideration to enhance their performance and quality of care. This paper presents a thorough exploration of the outpatient clinics' environment at a local hospital. The ophthalmology outpatient clinic was selected for a case study. To this end, the total visit time and service times at stations were collected and fed into a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model. The model was validated through a statistical comparison with the performance of the real system. Various improvement alternatives were then proposed and investigated using the DES model. Key performance indicators of the system, including expected waiting time and expected visit length, were traced. Findings indicated that many improvement scenarios could be applied with significant amounts of reduction in waiting time up to 29 % and visit length up to 19 % without investing in new resources.

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Lead-Time Reduction Utilizing Lean Tools Applied to Healthcare: The Inpatient Pharmacy at a Local Hospital

Cited by 72 publications

References 6 publications

A case study of kanban implementation within the pharmaceutical supply chain

A case study of kanban implementation within the pharmaceutical supply chain

Lean Thinking and Six Sigma: proven techniques in industry. Can they help health care?

Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery at Outpatients Clinics Using Discrete Event Simulation

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