Lean Implementation Designed for Healthcare

Lean Healthcare West

Welcome to Lean Healthcare West!  It is the goal of our partnership to educate and assist organizations in recognizing opportunities to improve healthcare delivery in every environment, anywhere in the world, at an affordable pace and price. 
 

What is Lean for Healthcare?  "Lean" is a practice borrowed from manufacturers that refers to a way of looking at work differently to recognize opportunities to improve patient safety, quality, and joy of work in the healthcare industry. Don't be misled by the term!  "Lean" never refers to reducing service to the patient; in fact it means making the patient/family experience bigger and better by reducing waste and worker frustration.   

Lean for Healthcare as offered by Lean Healthcare West (LHW) is based on the findings of research conducted by founder Cindy Jimmerson* and the experience of our staff since 1999.  Recognizing respect for patients and workers, LHWs simplified implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS/Lean) concepts and methods brings immediate Lean advantages to any healthcare organization as leadership and staff learn by doing.  Click here to learn more about our system for Lean implementation and education known as the reVIEW© Program.

Interview with Cindy Jimmerson: Applying the Toyota Production System to Healthcare

Our unique implementation of  foundational Lean thinking and practice has been implemented in more than 110 acute and long term care facilities, physician professional practices and throughout the healthcare supply chain. The concepts and methods are easy to learn and easy to teach which creates the ability to develop internal capacity for sustaining the practice of Lean without exhaustive consulting reliance. Click here to see our menu of services.
 
Our facilitators have applied their combined clinical and Lean experience to every division of the healthcare industry.  Unique to most Lean programs, ours grew from the base of clinical expertise of our staff.  LHW includes talented Lean educators with a vast span of clinical background. Click here to get to know LHW staff.
 
Current LHW education and implementation methods were developed based on a basic tenet of TPS/Lean:  Improvements must be made as low as possible in the organization, by the people who do the work, supported by a coach.    We accomplish this by spreading Lean throughout the organization using the TPS method known as A3 Problem Solving.  Click here to learn more about A3 Problem Solving.
 
 

It is possible to deliver high quality, affordable healthcare!  Contact us today to begin your lean journey! info@leanhealthcarewest.com
 
 

                                   

 

* Ms. Jimmerson's research was funded by the National Science Foundation (2001-2004) and co-conducted by Durward Sobek (Montana State University, College of Engineering). Our sincere thanks to the NSF for this valuable support.