Lean Healthcare, adapted from Lean Manufacturing principles, offers a transformative approach to improving hospital efficiency and patient care. Mark Graban, an expert in the field, explains that Lean methodology engages all staff in problem-solving, focusing on patient needs, safety, and quality.

Inventory control is an essential component of proper lab management. Without inventory control, compliance, results, accuracy and patient safety are compromised.

When laboratories focus on improving workflow optimization, the benefits become evident and emerge quickly.

The benefits are considerable and encompass the entire scope of the patient experience and lab operations. By optimizing workflows within a lab, healthcare quality improves, and lab quality control is optimized.