*Student, Dept. of Hospital & Healthcare Management, Amity University, Haryana
**Assistant Professor, Dept. of Hospital Administration, Amity University, Haryana
***Prof. & HOD, Dept. of Hospital Administration, Amity University, Haryana
****Prof. & HOI, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana
Lean principles and practices are very helpful in healthcare organizations as pure waste is identified and eliminated. Implementation of lean principles into the healthcare system helps to get the most value and good feedback from the patients. This paper presents a review of lean implementations and practices in the healthcare organizations by highlighting the barriers, errors, wastes or pain areas in them. Nowadays healthcare organizations are focusing on quality improvement processes to improve the patient's satisfaction. Lean helps to improve the quality of healthcare services. It identifies the conflict between traditional environment and a conventional environment in healthcare organizations.
Lean, lean principles, healthcare organizations, 5S in an organization, waste elimination, pain areas in healthcare
