Construction and validation of an instrument for evaluating Lean Healthcare in healthcare institutions.

Objective: To build and validate an instrument to evaluate Lean Healthcare in healthcare institutions.

Method: Methodological study conducted in three stages: 1) Instrument construction; 2) Content validity using the Delphi technique with 14 experts; and 3) Construct validation using Structural Equation Modeling with sample consisted of 113 professionals with experience in Lean Healthcare. Data collection carried out from October/2020 to January/2021 using a digital form.

Lean Healthcare in the institutional, professional, and patient perspective: an integrative review.

Objective: To analyze the scientific evidences in the literature about the evaluation of Lean Healthcare after its implementation.

Method: An integrative review conducted in the CINAHL, Scopus, WOS, and Embase databases, and in the PubMed portal, resulting in 18 articles published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, from 2008 to 2019.

Results: The findings were categorized into results for the institution, professional, and patient.

Perception of the nursing team of a Surgical Center regarding Hospital Accreditation at a University Hospital.

Objective To analyze the perception of nursing teams at a surgical center regarding the process of hospital accreditation, in the evaluative aspects of structure, process, and result. Method The study takes a quantitative and exploratory-descriptive approach, carried out at a university hospital. Result The population consisted of 69 nursing professionals, and the data collection was performed in the months of January and February 2014 by way of a questionnaire, utilizing the Likert scale.