Leveraging Lean in Medical Laboratories

This book is part of a series of titles that are a spin-off of the Shingo Prize-winning book Leveraging Lean in Healthcare: Transforming Your Enterprise into a High Quality Patient Care Delivery System. Each book in the series focuses on a specific aspect of healthcare that has demonstrated significant process and quality improvements after a Lean

Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell

Introduction to Lean. Batching vs. Lean Thinking and Flow. Lean and Change Management. Lean Foundation. Basic Lean Concepts and Tools - Assessment and Analyze. Putting It All Together. Implementing Lean in a Healthcare Environment. Executives and Lean. Roles and Responsibilities of Managers and Supervisors. What It Means to Have a Lean Culture. Leveraging Lean in the Laboratory.