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Handling the supply of healthcare services
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Handling the supply of healthcare services

The healthcare services supply team at insurer SulAmérica explains how they managed to transform the processes in their department to become more efficient in handling their workload.

  • Lean culture
  • Services
  • Equipe SulAmérica
  • 8 min read
  • 5/18/2020
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Lean healthcare practitioners talk about fighting the coronavirus
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Lean healthcare practitioners talk about fighting the coronavirus

How do lean healthcare organizations respond to the most critical stage of the epidemic? We asked three hospitals in Catalonia and Toledo to share their experiences.

  • ESG and sustainability
  • Healthcare
  • Oriol Cuatrecasas
  • 10 min read
  • 5/4/2020
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In healthcare, better management directly impacts quality of life
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In healthcare, better management directly impacts quality of life

A growing movement of healthcare organizations is discovering that having the best doctors, nurses, medicines and equipment is not enough without efficient management

  • ESG and sustainability
  • Healthcare
  • Flávio Augusto Picchi
  • 4 min read
  • 5/29/2019
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What queues reveal about healthcare management
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What queues reveal about healthcare management

By integrating the stages of care, better organizing resources and removing interruptions that prolong the patient journey, lean management helps reduce waits, relieve team overload and deliver care with more safety, agility and respect

  • Lean strategy
  • Healthcare
  • Flávio Battaglia
  • 11 min read
  • 8/5/2026
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The power of lean in healthcare: Alpha Diagnose increases gross profit by 62% in one year
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The power of lean in healthcare: Alpha Diagnose increases gross profit by 62% in one year

  • 2/11/2026
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“New pandemic” calls for stepping up lean management in healthcare
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“New pandemic” calls for stepping up lean management in healthcare

Why organizations in the sector are facing different but equally complex contexts as in recent years; and how lean management can provide definitive answers for the evolution of care

  • Lean management
  • Healthcare
  • Flávio Battaglia
  • 4 min read
  • 11/13/2023
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A successful experience with virtual healthcare
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A successful experience with virtual healthcare

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the use of virtual care worldwide. In South Australia, it was implemented in urgent care.

  • Lean fundamentals
  • Healthcare
  • Pamela Everingham
  • 11 min read
  • 1/17/2023
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Healthcare Management: Strategies for coping with COVID and the sector's recovery
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Healthcare Management: Strategies for coping with COVID and the sector's recovery

  • Lean strategy
  • Healthcare
  • Paloma Rubinato Perez
  • 8 min read
  • 6/22/2020
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Tackling COVID-19 with lean healthcare
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Tackling COVID-19 with lean healthcare

A team from the Lean Global Network ( Global Lean Network ) of lean practitioners and coaches shares a set of lean healthcare tips that hospitals can use today to support their battle against Covid-19.

  • Lean strategy
  • Healthcare
  • Cristina Fontcuberta
  • 18 min read
  • 4/3/2020
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Building a learning hospital
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Building a learning hospital

Visiting Saint Anne Hospital in Paris to learn about continuous improvement practices in healthcare with Guillaume Couchet.

  • 5/13/2026
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UMass Memorial Health's transformation journey
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UMass Memorial Health's transformation journey

When Dr. Eric Dickson took over as CEO of UMass Memorial Health in 2013, the health system was at risk of default. He established a management system that engaged more than 15,000 employees in daily improvement, generating 132,000 ideas and achieving the highest bond rating in 35 years.

  • Lean management
  • Healthcare
  • George Taninecz
  • 5 min read
  • 3/20/2026
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What color is it?
Article

What color is it?

A team from a Scottish university has developed a visual control for body fluids that is solving a complex problem in healthcare.

  • Lean fundamentals
  • Healthcare
  • Stephen Yorkstone
  • 7 min read
  • 1/22/2026
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