CEO SUMMARY: Are Lean and Six Sigma techniques ready to make a big contribution in the laboratories of smaller hospitals? If you ask lab managers at Mayo Clinic’s Scottsdale Hospital, the answer is an unqualified “Yes!” Their 15-week Lean project in the hospital’s high volume core laboratory produced worthwhile improvements. It also formed the foundation […]
Mayo’s Scottsdale Hospital Lab Hits Big “Lean” Home Runs
MAJOR GAINS FOR 193-BED HOSPITAL LAB
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XI No. 12 - August 30, 2004 Issue
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