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Table 5 The operational implementation approach

From: Lean adoption, implementation, and outcomes in public hospitals: benchmarking the US and Italy health systems

 

US

Italy

N

%

Mean

SD

N

%

Mean

SD

Daily management system index (range: 0–9)

135

 

4.8

2.53

35

 

2.4

1.55

HR index (range: 0–5)

129

 

2.3

1.82

35

 

2.3

1.85

IT index (range: 0–6)

129

 

2.7

2.05

35

 

3.8

1.97

Finance index (range: 0–3)

130

 

2.0

1.07

35

 

1.8

1.11

Lean team multi-professionalism

68

   

14

   

Information Technology

32

47

  

7

50

  

Human Resources

16

24

  

4

29

  

Finance

20

29

  

3

21

  

Staff involvement index (range: 0–6)

76

 

3.9

1.34

35

 

1.04

1.41

Education and training index (range: 0–4)

128

 

1.79

0.89

35

 

1.7

0.93

Reward and Recognition

293

   

23

   

Departments

103

35

  

4

17

  

External Organizations

84

29

  

6

26

  

Hospital

106

36

  

13

57

  

Number of tools reported as high or very high use (range: 0–14)

130

 

4.3

3.6

35

 

3.3

3.3