This article presents the state of the art of Lean principles applied in Emergency
Departments through a systematic literature review. Our article extends previous work found …

Purpose This paper proposes the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4) technologies and lean
techniques for improving operational performance in the healthcare sector …

Background: The emergency department (ED) is a complex, volatile, and limited-resource
healthcare setting. Many environmental factors, including high patient volumes …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to establish empirical relationships between patient
flow problems, healthcare service quality and patient satisfaction with emergency …

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated a global movement of open innovation
initiatives aimed to provide knowledge and tools to support policy decisions and actions in …

The ever-increasing number of hospital Emergency Department (ED) visits pose a challenge
to the effective running of health systems in many countries globally and multiple strategies …

Purpose This research aims to examine the relationships among leadership and culture,
human resources and process improvement in lean hospitals from the socio-technical …

Purpose This work aims to integrate the concepts generated by a systematic literature
review on patient flows in emergency departments (ED) to serve as a basis for develo** a …

Abstract Background Globally, emergency departments (EDs) are overcrowded and unable
to meet an ever-increasing demand for care. The aim of this study is to comprehensively …

Purpose This research aims to improve the performance and productivity of low-level
technology organizations using lean tools–value stream map** (VSM). In order to …