AveraOpEx LEAN Implementation Newsletter Stories

Learn about our LEAN project improvements by reading implementation stories focused on the viewpoint of key staff members who worked through the processes. Continue to check this page for additional stories as they are added.

2008

• The Right-Sized Approach »
• LEAN Implementations Achieve Results! »
• Bringing LEAN Into Everyone's Reach with Catena »
• LEAN Implementation Project Allows Regional Laboratory to Do More With Less »
• LEAN Implementation Improves Medication Reconciliation Accuracy, Efficiency » 
• The Nursing Shortage - A LEAN Perspective » 

2007

• LEAN Implementation Reduces Wait Times and Improves Patient Satisfaction in Clinics »
• A Moral Imperative for Change in Health Care »
• Avera McKennan Laboratory Improves Accuracy Rate to 99.9975 Percent »
• Operating Room Patients Benefit from Shorter Wait Times, More Efficient Care »
• Women's Center Improves Assessment Time by 55% »
• LEAN Saves $1.25 Million in New ED Construction and Design Costs and Dramatically Improves Patient Care »
• LEAN Implementation Reduced Insurance Claim Turnaround by 12 days »