Research in Medical & Engineering Sciences Lean Enablers for Clinical Laboratories Bohdan W Oppenheim1*, Michael H Kanter2, Onie Bueno3, Vincent L Dizon4, Louie M Farnacio5, Paulette L Medina6, Mike M Moradian7, Chiemi Tabata8 and Michael S Tiffert9 1PhD, Professor of Systems Engineering, Associate Director for Healthcare Systems Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles 2MD, CPPS, Regional Medical Director of Quality & Clinical Analysis, Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG), Executive Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, The Permanente Federation 3Director of Operations, Bacteriology and Molecular Microbiology, SCPMG, Regional Reference Laboratories, Chino Hills 4MBA MT(ASCP) DLM SBB. Director of Operations, Chemistry Services, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories 5Director of Laboratory Services, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Regional Reference Laboratory 6Assistant Director of Operations, RRL Bacteriology, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Regional Reference Lab 7PhD, Director of Operations, Molecular Genetic Pathology Regional Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories 8Assistant Director of Operations, RRL Automated Chemistry, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG, Regional Reference Laboratories 9MS, Section Manager, Cytogenetics, Regional Genetics Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG, Regional Reference Laboratories *Corresponding author: Dr. Bohdan W Oppenheim, Professor of Systems Engineering, Associate Director for Healthcare Systems Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA Submission: October 23, 2017; Published: November 27, 2017 DOI: 10.31031/RMES.2017.02.000543 ISSN : 2576-8816Volume2 Issue4