LEAN MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE
The article presents an overview of the history and philosophy of lean production. Problems in solving the tasks of creating a new model of a medical organization that provides primary health care on the principles of lean manufacturing are highlighted. This model contributes to the creation of a patient-oriented system, improves the logistics of providing medical services and the comfort of patients' stay in a polyclinic, and also increases the resource efficiency of medical organizations. The authors considered possible directions for using the accumulated material on the application of lean management in the health care system. The main task was to assess the feasibility of using lean manufacturing technologies in healthcare to form new forms of medical care for the population; to find new solutions to eliminate all types of losses during the provision of medical services and careful treatment of the resources of medical organizations. Possible components of the algorithm for eliminating losses during the provision of primary health care are presented. The authors outlined possible research directions for solving specific scientific and technical problems of the transformation of the primary health care system to the population of the Russian Federation.