Lean Healthcare (PowerPoint PPTX)

Healthcare organizations today face increasing demands to improve patient care, reduce costs, and eliminate inefficiencies. Lean Healthcare applies proven Lean principles from the Toyota Production System (TPS) to the healthcare sector, enabling hospitals and clinics to streamline workflows, enhance patient safety, and optimize resource utilization.

This comprehensive Lean Healthcare PPT training presentation equips healthcare professionals with the tools and methodologies needed to identify inefficiencies, improve service delivery, and create greater value for patients—all while maintaining the highest standards of care.

This deck is designed for healthcare administrators, hospital executives, medical staff, and process improvement teams who seek to:
✅ Improve patient flow and service efficiency
✅ Minimize waste and delays in healthcare delivery
✅ Optimize resource utilization without compromising care quality
✅ Foster a culture of continuous improvement in healthcare institutions

Lean Healthcare has been successfully implemented in hospitals and medical facilities worldwide, proving its effectiveness in improving patient outcomes while reducing costs.

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This training package includes:
1. Lean Healthcare PPT training presentation (PowerPoint format)
2. Lean poster (PDF format, in color and monochrome, printable in A3 size)
3. Eight Wastes of Lean poster (PDF format, in color and monochrome, printable in A3 size)
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Understand the principles and key concepts of Lean Healthcare.
2. Acquire knowledge on the key Lean methods and tools and their applications to eliminate waste and create increased value for customers.
3. Identify ways to develop "Kaizen eyes" to look for improvement opportunities.
4. Describe the various Lean roles.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Lean Thinking
•  Healthcare imperatives
•  How can Lean help?
•  Lean adoption in various environments
•  Impact of Lean principles in industry
•  Lean applications in service environments
•  Results of Lean implementation at Virginia Mason Medical Center
•  What is Lean?
•  Lean principles
•  What Lean is not
•  Lean facilitates a culture change
•  Traditional culture vs. Lean culture
•  Lean management framework
•  Why Lean healthcare?
•  What is Lean healthcare?
•  Benefits of Lean healthcare

2. Key Concepts of Lean Thinking
•  Methods to increase productivity
•  Value and waste
•  Eight types of waste in healthcare
•  Examples of value-added activities in healthcare
•  Examples of waste in healthcare
•  Much of a patient's time is spent waiting
•  Lean emphasis
•  Lean thinking philosophy

3. Common Lean Methods and Tools
•  The 3Ms: Muda, Mura and Muri
•  Gemba framework
•  5S principles
•  Visual management
•  Office layout
•  Spaghetti diagram
•  Value stream mapping
•  Standard work
•  Heijunka (Load leveling)
•  Fexible workforce
•  Quality at source
•  Poka yoke (Mistake-proofing)
•  Andon
•  Kaizen
•  PDCA problem solving
•  Pareto chart
•  5 whys
•  Cause and effect diagram

4. Ways to develop "Kaizen Eyes"
•  What are "Kaizen eyes"?
•  Ways to develop "Kaizen eyes"

5. Lean Roles
•  Lean steering committee
•  Lean deployment leader
•  Lean champions
•  Lean process owner
•  Lean coach
•  Team leader
•  Team members

6. Sustaining a Lean Culture
•  Critical success factors
•  Lessons from other adopters

Lean Healthcare also emphasizes the importance of visual management and the 5S principles to maintain an organized and efficient workplace. By implementing these strategies, healthcare providers can significantly reduce waste and streamline operations.