ArticleMaterials today. Proceedings2022
Lean six sigma in the healthcare sector: A systematic literature review.
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- Developing Assessments for Key Stakeholders in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease: Qualitative Pilot Study to Inform Designing of a Medical Education Toy.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Healthcare is a very important sector as our lives depend on it. During the novel corona virus pandemic, it was evident that our healthcare organizations still lack in terms of efficiency and productivity. Especially in the developing nations, the problems were much bigger. Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a methodology which when implemented in an organization, helps to increase the process capability and the efficiency, by reducing the defects and wastes. The present study systematically reviews the research studies conducted on LSS in the healthcare sector. It was found that comparatively less studies are focused on improving the medical processes, most of the studies targeted the management processes. Moreover, lesser number of studies were being conducted for developing nations, but now it seems that the focus of research scholars has shifted towards the developing nations also. But it was observed that the studies in these nations were majorly empirical in nature, very few studies were conceptual or exploratory. There is a need for guiding healthcare professionals on creating a continuous improvement environment, which sustains the improvements achieved after LSS implementation.
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