Title: Can Lean Thinking Transform American Health Care?
Abstract: SEE RELATED ARTICLE, P. 265. [Ann Emerg Med. 2011;57:279-281.] Lean Is a Tool in the Toolbox, Not the Silver BulletAnnals of Emergency MedicineVol. 58Issue 4PreviewAs we struggle to provide improved value for our patients, it is tempting to seek a single silver bullet, and Lean methodology may seem to be that bullet. Changing the complex behemoth that is American health care will require a variety of approaches. Lean is generally applied to value streams by looking for the biggest sources of waste incrementally. In a complex optimization climate, it is unlikely that an incremental approach will reach the true optimum by any measure. Indeed, systems and industrial engineers use the term suboptimization to describe less than optimal results of tuning pieces of larger systems. Full-Text PDF
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-13
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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