Lean in the operating room

Via Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
This article points out that Lean in health care shouldn’t be just about administration and patient handling but should reach into the medical and surgical acts, and presents the case of a Danish hospital doing just that.   After all, the current operating room procedures are based on the work of industrial engineer Frank Gilbreth in the 1910s. Maybe it is time to revisit them…
Via www.news-medical.net