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Implementing healthcare lean management in low-complexity outpatient settings requires comprehensively addressing care quality, though current evidence for its sustainable application in these environments remains limited. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate healthcare lean management (HLM) implementations within low-complexity outpatient healthcare settings and identify factors supporting sustainable care quality.

August 26, 2026International Journal of Quality & Reliability ManagementOpen Access

Sustainable healthcare lean management implementations in outpatient healthcare: a systematic literature review

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CPCaterina Pozzan CPChiara Pamich ATAnna Tiso

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Systematic review reveals limited evidence and key barriers for sustainable lean management in outpatient healthcare, highlighting the need for comprehensive care quality frameworks.

Key Points

To evaluate healthcare lean management (HLM) implementations within low-complexity outpatient healthcare settings and identify factors supporting sustainable care quality.
Conducted a structured literature review examining HLM applications within primary and secondary low-complexity outpatient healthcare (LCOH).
Analyzed care quality goals, organizational practices, tools, outcomes, and reported sustainability barriers and facilitators.
Identified a scarcity of empirical evidence on HLM implementations in outpatient settings, particularly within European and public healthcare systems.
Found that existing implementations rarely address comprehensive dimensions of care quality, resulting in limited evidence on long-term sustainability.
Characterized organizational facilitators and barriers critical for maintaining continuous quality improvements outside hospital environments.

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Pozzan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9b58451774b83f3b4122 https://doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-02-2025-0062

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August 26, 2026International Journal of Quality & Reliability ManagementOpen Access

Sustainable healthcare lean management implementations in outpatient healthcare: a systematic literature review

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Authors

CPCaterina Pozzan CPChiara Pamich ATAnna Tiso

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Overview

Systematic review reveals limited evidence and key barriers for sustainable lean management in outpatient healthcare, highlighting the need for comprehensive care quality frameworks.

Key Points

To evaluate healthcare lean management (HLM) implementations within low-complexity outpatient healthcare settings and identify factors supporting sustainable care quality.
Conducted a structured literature review examining HLM applications within primary and secondary low-complexity outpatient healthcare (LCOH).
Analyzed care quality goals, organizational practices, tools, outcomes, and reported sustainability barriers and facilitators.
Identified a scarcity of empirical evidence on HLM implementations in outpatient settings, particularly within European and public healthcare systems.
Found that existing implementations rarely address comprehensive dimensions of care quality, resulting in limited evidence on long-term sustainability.
Characterized organizational facilitators and barriers critical for maintaining continuous quality improvements outside hospital environments.

Cite This Study

Pozzan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9b58451774b83f3b4122 https://doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-02-2025-0062

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