About this episode

Dr. Maria van Zale discusses her research on sustainable lean adoption in hospitals with partners from Africa and the University of Twente.

Dr. Maria van Zale, along with her partners from across Africa, have been working closely with the University of Twente in the Netherlands on an important research project. Together, they co‑authored a paper titled “Toward a Roadmap for Sustainable Lean Adoption in Hospitals.” And most recently, they shared their findings at the CLEAR Research Symposium.

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Guest: Dr. Maria van Zale

Topics covered

• sustainable lean adoption
• hospitals
• research collaboration
• healthcare improvement
• LEAN methodology

Keywords

• sustainable lean
• hospitals
• research project
• LEAN
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Twente, CLEAR Research Symposium

Places: Africa, Netherlands

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