Managing and Evaluating Rapid-Cycle Process Improvements as Vehicles for Hospital System Redesign. Figure 2.

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Figure 2. Tiered set of metrics for implementation and evaluation of Lean tools

The tiers of metrics are as follows: At the base is the system level. On top of the system level is the value stream mapping level. On top of the value stream mapping level is the rapid improvement event (RIE) level. On top of the RIE level is the Black Belt level.

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