U.S. Labs Use Lean to Slash Costs and Beat the Economic Recession

Aug 18, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations, News From Dark Daily

Hospital labs come in under budget—while still improving quality, service, and revenue Despite the recession, most first-rank hospital and health system laboratories in the United States remain upbeat about the financial integrity of their organization and their ability to negotiate the deepest economic recession since 1981-82. One reason this is true is the use of Lean, Six Sigma, and similar continuous improvement methods in the nation’s most progressive clinical labs and pathology groups....
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