What is Lean Healthcare?

Lean Healthcare is the application of “lean” ideas in healthcare to minimize waste with ongoing process improvement. Lean healthcare is the application of “lean” ideas in healthcare facilities to minimize waste in every process, procedure, and task through an ongoing system of improvement. Using lean principles, all members of the organization, from clinicians to operations and administration staff, continually strive to identify areas of waste and eliminate anything that does not add value for patients.