Table of contents - Special Issue: Introducing lean in healthcare
Guest Editors: Jennifer Bowerman
Can lean save lives?
David FillinghamThe purpose of this paper is to show how over the last 18 months Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust have been exploring whether or not lean methodologies, often known as the Toyota…
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Can Six Sigma be the “cure” for our “ailing” NHS?
Jiju Antony, Kay Downey‐Ennis, Frenie Antony, Chris SeowThe purpose of this research is to analyse whether Six Sigma business strategy can be used to improve the financial and operational performance of the NHS. The paper will also…
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Health service improvement through diagnostic waiting list management
Amy Lodge, David BamfordThe purpose of this research is to focus on a hospital Division of Diagnostics and Clinical Support (150 medical, 1,975 non‐medical staff) and how systems were enhanced through…
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Should doctors stop taking the generic history?: A comparison of house officers' and nursing staff clerking in general surgery
R. Gudena, N. Khetan, S. Luwemba, L.R. JenkinsonThe purpose of this paper is to show how the implementation of the European Working Time Directive in August 2004 has dramatically decreased junior doctors' working hours, as a…
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ISSN:
1751-1879Renamed from:
Leadership in Health ServicesOnline date, start – end:
2007Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Jennifer Bowerman
- Dr Jo Lamb-White