Examples of Health-Care Organizations That Implemented Lean Six Sigma Projects (17)
| Hospital | Project | Effect |
| Boston Medical Center | Project to emphasize diagnostic imaging | Cost savings and revenue increases of more than $2.2 million |
| Rapides Regional Medical Center | Project to increase efficiency of emergency department | Drop in wait times; increase in patients seen; annual savings of more than $950,000 |
| Valley Baptist Health System | Project to reduce surgery cycle time | Increase in annual capacity by 1,100 more cases, for potential income of $1.3 million |
| Yale–New Haven Medical Center | Multiple projects in surgical intensive care unit | 75% decrease in bloodstream infections, for annual savings of ∼$1.2 million |