Executive War College Post-Conference Workshop May 1

Special Workshop 2

Lean for Lab Leaders: Proven Ways to Swiftly Slash Costs While Boosting Productivity and Improving Staff Retention

Thursday, May 1, 2025 ● 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Session Details:

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Reception and Exhibition

Thursday, May 2, 2025

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast and Exhibition

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Introduction, Expectations, Ground Rules, Agenda

Katja Lehmann, Director Lean Practice, Lean Focus, LLC

Katje Lehmann
Director Lead Practice,
Lean Focus LLC.,
Scottsdale, AZ

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Basic Lean Principles
Standard Work, Flow, Push vs Pull, 5S

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Morning Break and Exhibition

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Workflow Game

11:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Leadership tools: Success Metrics, Policy Deployment, Leadership Standard Work

12:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Exhibition

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Value Stream Mapping: Overview, Examples

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Afternoon Break

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Value Stream Mapping, Overview, Exercise

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Conclusion, Next Steps, Building Momentum

Space is limited. Register Today.

Who Attends the Executive War College

Health Systems and Hospital Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Leadership

Hospital C-Suite Administrators

Laboratory Vice Presidents

Pathology Lab Directors/Administrators

Laboratory Directors

Molecular and Genetic Lab Leaders

Precision Medicine & Genetic Program Directors/Administrators

Laboratory Section Managers/Leaders/Supervisors

Representative Labs:

  • ACL Laboratories/Advocate Health
  • Cleveland Clinic Laboratories
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Baptist Health South Florida
  • Banner Health
  • Intermountain Health Outreach Labs
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Cedars Sinai
  • Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
  • Fabric Genomics
  • Kaiser Permanente

Independent Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Laboratory Owners/C-Suite/Vice Presidents/Directors

Pathology Group Owners/Directors

Pathology Group Practice Administrators

Physician Group Lab Owners/Directors

Public Health/Population Health VP’s/Directors

Life Sciences/Research Labs

Representative Labs:

  • Mayo Clinic Laboratories
  • ARUP (Reference Lab)
  • LabCorp (Reference Lab)
  • TriCore (Reference Lab)
  • GeneDx
  • Sonic Labs (Reference Lab)
  • Michigan Pathology Specialists (Pathologist Group)
  • Pacific Pathology Labs (Pathology Group)
  • NorDX (Animal Reference Lab)
  • Novartis (Research Pharm (Life Sciences)
  • AstraZeneca (Pharm/Life Sciences)
  • Caris Life Sciences (Pharm/Life Sciences)
  • Sonora Quest (Population Health Division)

Partners and Suppliers to Laboratory and Pathology Groups

In Vitro Diagnostic Manufacturers

LIS/Pathology LIS/LIMS/RCM/IT

Diagnostic Instrument, Product & Technology

Informatics Products and Services

Suppliers of Automation, Analyzers, and Assays

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), Coding, Billing, and Collections

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

Representative Companies:

  • Abbott (Diagnostics)
  • Epic Corporation (EMR/LIS)
  • Clinisys LIS
  • Cerner LIS
  • Telcor (Technology)
  • XIFIN (Technology/Informatics)
  • LifePoint Informatics
  • Change Health Care (RCM/billing)
  • HC1 (RCM)
  • Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (RCM)
  • COLA (Regulatory)
  • College of American Pathologists (Regulatory)
  • Beckman Diagnostics (Diagnostics)
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories (Diagnostics)
  • Hologic (Diagnostics)
  • Cardinal Health (Product & Technology)
  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Legal)