| Literature DB >> 16749293 |
Henk de Koning1, John P S Verver, Jaap van den Heuvel, Soren Bisgaard, Ronald J M M Does.
Abstract
Healthcare, as with any other service operation, requires systematic innovation efforts to remain competitive, cost efficient, and up-to-date. This article outlines a methodology and presents examples to illustrate how principles of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma can be combined to provide an effective framework for producing systematic innovation efforts in healthcare. Controlling healthcare cost increases, improving quality, and providing better healthcare are some of the benefits of this approach.Mesh：
Year: 2006 PMID： 16749293 DOI： 10.1111/j.1945-1474.2006.tb00596.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Healthc Qual ISSN： 1062-2551 Impact factor: 1.095