Version 1
: Received: 16 December 2019 / Approved: 17 December 2019 / Online: 17 December 2019 (10:53:40 CET)
Version 2
: Received: 30 December 2019 / Approved: 30 December 2019 / Online: 30 December 2019 (06:53:46 CET)
How to cite:
Rosas-Hernandez, L.; Tlapa, D.; Baez-Lopez, Y.; Limon-Romero, J.; Perez-Sanchez, A. Use of Lean Healthcare and DMAIC to Reduce Waste in a Public Hospital. Preprints2019, 2019120230
Rosas-Hernandez, L.; Tlapa, D.; Baez-Lopez, Y.; Limon-Romero, J.; Perez-Sanchez, A. Use of Lean Healthcare and DMAIC to Reduce Waste in a Public Hospital. Preprints 2019, 2019120230
Rosas-Hernandez, L.; Tlapa, D.; Baez-Lopez, Y.; Limon-Romero, J.; Perez-Sanchez, A. Use of Lean Healthcare and DMAIC to Reduce Waste in a Public Hospital. Preprints2019, 2019120230
APA Style
Rosas-Hernandez, L., Tlapa, D., Baez-Lopez, Y., Limon-Romero, J., & Perez-Sanchez, A. (2019). Use of Lean Healthcare and DMAIC to Reduce Waste in a Public Hospital. Preprints. https://doi.org/
Chicago/Turabian Style
Rosas-Hernandez, L., Jorge Limon-Romero and Armando Perez-Sanchez. 2019 "Use of Lean Healthcare and DMAIC to Reduce Waste in a Public Hospital" Preprints. https://doi.org/
Abstract
With an increasing demand for quality of care and lower costs, hospitals are looking for industry-based methods to improve efficiency in their processes. This study aims to reduce waste in a public hospital in Mexico by improving the medical supply process for the operating room. To this end, a lean healthcare (LH) implementation following the DMAIC approach (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) is carried out. We analyze the value stream of the supply process, including main surgical procedures and their related medical supplies, and identify different causes of inefficiency, which are evaluated and controlled through different tools, including a value stream map, Kanban, and the 5S program. As a result, five types of waste were reduced. Over-processing requests were reduced by 15.3%, defective identification numbers were reduced by 46.5%, redundant processing was improved by 94.8%, near 2.8% of the unnecessary inventory was reduced, and transportation waste was reduced by up to 16.7%. Finally, the lead-time for the main supplies was reduced by 33 days. This work demonstrates that LH and DMAIC are effective in reducing waste and are highly conducive to improving sustainability in healthcare processes. Moreover, it provides practical insights for practitioners regarding the implementation of LH in public hospitals in developing countries.
Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
30 December 2019
Commenter:
Diego Tlapa
Commenter's Conflict of Interests:
Author
Comment:
We updated the title to reflect in greater detail the results of the study. In addition, the text has been checked for correct use of grammar and common technical terms
Commenter: Diego Tlapa
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author