Organizational change through Lean Thinking

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-198

  Tsasis, Peter ^a   Bruce Barrett, Cindy ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; THINKING; TIME MANAGEMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

COST CONTROL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54049133390     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/hsmr.2007.007023     Document Type: Article

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