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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Applying Lean in Process Innovation in Healthcare: The Case of Hip Fracture.

Manuel Francisco Morales-Contreras, Pedro Chana-Valero, Manuel F Suárez-Barraza, Andrés Saldaña Díaz, Elena García García

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Operational inefficiency and perceived quality in a paediatric day hospital: a lean-informed study of patient flow, caregiver and staff perceptions.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2026
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  2. Empowerment and Employee Well-Being: A Mediation Analysis Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Manuel Francisco Morales-ContrerasDepartment of Management, ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ICADE, 28015 Madrid, Spain.
Pedro Chana-ValeroFundación San Juan de Dios, Centro de CC de la Salud San Rafael, Universidad Nebrija, 28036 Madrid, Spain.
Manuel F Suárez-BarrazaInternational Business Department, School of Business and Economy, Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), Puebla 72810, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6305-6122
Andrés Saldaña DíazHospital San Juan de Dios León, 24010 León, Spain.
Elena García GarcíaFundación San Juan de Dios, Centro de CC de la Salud San Rafael, Universidad Nebrija, 28036 Madrid, Spain.
Universidad Nebrija · ESHospital de León · ESUniversidad de las Américas Puebla · MXUniversidad Pontificia Comillas · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Academic literature and practitioners acknowledge that there is a need to improve efficiency and service quality in the healthcare industry. In Spain, osteoporotic fractures represent a great cost in socio-economic and morbi-mortality terms, hip fracture being the surgical pathology with the second highest consumption of resources. The research questions that govern this study concern the use of Lean principles to identify waste, and an evaluation of the application of an innovative approach in the hip fracture surgery process. A research design based on a case study and action research was developed. Findings relate to (i) the identification of the main types of waste or

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Hip FracturesAgedAged, 80 and overDelivery of Health CareFemaleHealth ResourcesHumansMaleOsteoporotic FracturesSpainhealthcarehip fracture integrated care pathwayleanprocess innovationquality improvement

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PMID32707826
PMCPMC7432005
OpenAlexW3044706566

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