Table 3.
Participation in Lean Training and Activities
| 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) | |