Agile Teams and Lean Methods in a Tertiary Care Hospital During COVID-19 Pandemic

OBJECTIVES: To share the experience of Agile Teams using Lean Method to facilitate improvement projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A tertiary hospital in Oman mobilized agile teams using lean methods to streamline the workflow during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic in year 2020. RE...

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Autores principales: Al Fannah, Jehan, Al Harthy, Harith, Khamis, Faryal, Al Awaidy, Salah T., Al Salmi, Qasem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2022
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35356374
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.67
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author Al Fannah, Jehan
Al Harthy, Harith
Khamis, Faryal
Al Awaidy, Salah T.
Al Salmi, Qasem
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description OBJECTIVES: To share the experience of Agile Teams using Lean Method to facilitate improvement projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A tertiary hospital in Oman mobilized agile teams using lean methods to streamline the workflow during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic in year 2020. RESULTS: The collaborative network generated by the agile teams increased interdepartmental engagement within the hospital and trimmed workflows, thus improving patient care despite the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Agile teams using lean methods demonstrably enhance collaboration and efficiency in healthcare, leading to improved patient care.
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spelling pubmed-89582802022-03-29 Agile Teams and Lean Methods in a Tertiary Care Hospital During COVID-19 Pandemic Al Fannah, Jehan Al Harthy, Harith Khamis, Faryal Al Awaidy, Salah T. Al Salmi, Qasem Oman Med J Brief Communication OBJECTIVES: To share the experience of Agile Teams using Lean Method to facilitate improvement projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A tertiary hospital in Oman mobilized agile teams using lean methods to streamline the workflow during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic in year 2020. RESULTS: The collaborative network generated by the agile teams increased interdepartmental engagement within the hospital and trimmed workflows, thus improving patient care despite the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Agile teams using lean methods demonstrably enhance collaboration and efficiency in healthcare, leading to improved patient care. OMJ 2022-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8958280/ /pubmed/35356374 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.67 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2022 by the OMSB. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958280/
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