Lean laboratory project brings $248,000 in annual savings to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, together with faster turnaround time and $85,000 in construction avoidance

Children’s medical center uses Lean to meet turnaround time goals consistently.

Immediate response lab speeds response by 53%, and improves productivity by 250%

HealthEast Care System cuts turnaround time by31% in one lab, 37% in another

Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States uses Lean to cut average turnaround time by 26%, achieves $393,940 in annual labor savings

Children’s hospital improves testing turnaround time by 27-56%, realizes more than $290,000 in savings

Lean Management implementation shortens turnaround time by 58%, saves $288,000

Mills-Peninsula uses Lean to dramatically improve ED testing turnaround time, achieves $20,000 in annual inventory savings

Providence Health Care Anatomic Pathology Lab cuts average turnaround time from four days to three

Hospital lab reduces testing turnaround time by as much as 53%, saves $160,308 a year

TriCore Reference Laboratories uses Lean to cut cycle time by as much as 70%

Washington Hospital Center Lean initiative yields 78-88% reduction in tests exceeding turnaround goals, eliminates need for $1million – $1.5million upgrade

West Tennessee Healthcare combines Lean and Six Sigma to save $4.99 million over a three-year period