title: LEAN principles provide opportunities for catholic health care organizations.
authors.affiliation: Avera McKennan Hospital, University Health Center, Sioux Fallls, SD, USA.
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Slunecka
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farris
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013023:South Dakota; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*