An article by Menachemi et al. entitled “Implementation of Lean in a Health System: Lessons Learned from a Meta-Analysis of Rapid Improvement Events, 2013–2017” which was published in Journal of Health Management (Menachemi, Tinsley, Johnston, & Schulhof, 2020) explores the results of large-scale implementation of Lean in a healthcare system that includes 16 hospitals, health plans, and dozens of outpatient clinics. The article states that, over a 5 year period, 45% of the 1,144 rapid escalation events (RIEs) introduced to Indiana University Health resulted in significant cost and time savings, improved workflow with simplified process steps, and 56,100 prevention clinical
