Journal article
Lean implementation within healthcare: imaging as fertile ground
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to understand the barriers and enablers to lean implementation as part of an imaging quality improvement programme from a socio-cultural perspective.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: An in-depth 33 month ethnographic study, using observation and qualitative interviews, examined the process of lean implementation as part of an improvement programme.
Authors
Radcliffe E; Kordowicz M; Mak C; Shefer G; Armstrong D; White P; Ashworth M
Journal
Journal of Health Organization and Management, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 869–884
Publisher
Emerald
Publication Date
October 19, 2020
DOI
10.1108/jhom-02-2020-0050
ISSN
1477-7266