Experiences of leaders in the implementation of Lean in a teaching hospital - Barriers and facilitators in clinical practices: A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Aij, Kjeld Harald ^a   Simons, Frederique Elisabeth ^a   Widdershoven, Guy A M ^a   Visse, Merel ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84888211175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003605     Document Type: Article

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