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Table 3 Participation in Lean Training and Activities

From: Assessing the implementation processes of a large-scale, multi-year quality improvement initiative: survey of health care providers

 

Nursing

(n = 734)

Health Professionals

(n = 298)

P-value

Lean Training (%)

 Kaizen Basics

556 (75.9)

232 (77.9)

0.49

 Lean Leadership Certification

37 (5.1)

21 (7.1)

0.21

 Other Lean training

74 (10.1)

40 (13.4)

0.12

 No Training

124 (16.9)

57 (19.1)

0.40

Participation in Lean Events

 Visibility Walls/Wall walks

538 (73.4)

212 (71.1)

0.46

 Daily Visual Management (Huddles)

415 (56.6)

175 (58.7)

0.54

 5S

347 (47.3)

132 (44.3)

0.37

 Kanban

265 (36.2)

65 (21.8)

0.0001

 RPIW

189 (25.8)

97 (32.6)

0.03

 Mistake Proofing

116 (15.8)

46 (15.4)

0.88

 3P

98 (13.4)

40 (13.4)

0.98

 Other

148 (20.2)

77 (25.8)

0.05

 No Participation

84 (11.4)

58 (19.5)

0.001

First Exposure to Lean Training, activities or principles

  

0.05

  < 1 year ago

26 (3.6)

21 (7.2)

 

 About 1 year ago

68 (9.3)

22 (7.5)

 

 About 2 years ago

200 (27.3)

70 (23.9)

 

 3 or more years ago

439 (59.9)

180 (61.4)

 

Impact of Lean on Workload

  

0.0001

 No impact

123 (16.8)

141 (47.6)

 

 Increased somewhat

328 (44.8)

82 (27.7)

 

 Increased substantially

221 (30.2)

42 (14.2)

 

 Decreased somewhat or substantially

61 (8.3)

31 (10.5)