Development of a centralized progress management system using lean thinking and efforts to improve operations
Seiji Yahata, Isao Tanaka, Masami Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Goto, Isao Shiina, Satoshi Nakayama, Kazuo Shimura · 2025
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Seiji Yahata and co-authors improved MRI room operations with lean thinking and a central tracking system in two thousand twenty-five. Lean methods come from manufacturing and aim to cut waste in a process. The team's goals were fuller appointment slots, shorter waits, and fewer referrals to outside sites.
They mapped the workflow with lean tools, held weekly short meetings, and built a system for real-time tracking of patient progress. Bookings rose by twenty-six percent and completed scans by nineteen percent, with further gains after daily refinements. Mean wait fell from forty-five days to five, and monthly outside referrals dropped from three hundred to fifty. Leadership and staff input were key, the authors say.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seiji Yahata, Isao Tanaka, Masami Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Goto, Isao Shiina, Satoshi Nakayama, Kazuo Shimura |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 80 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |