Lean Participative Process Improvement: Outcomes and Obstacles in Trauma Orthopaedics.

OBJECTIVES:To examine the effectiveness of a "systems" approach using Lean methodology to improve surgical care, as part of a programme of studies investigating possible synergy between improvement approaches. SETTING:A controlled before-after study using the orthopaedic trauma theatre of...

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Main Authors: Steve New, Mohammed Hadi, Sharon Pickering, Eleanor Robertson, Lauren Morgan, Damian Griffin, Gary Collins, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Ken Catchpole, Peter McCulloch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4849765?pdf=render