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Before the implementation of a LEAN initiative in the ED at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, NE, the average door-to-doc time was 28 minutes, and the average length of stay was 103 minutes — numbers that were nothing to sneeze at. Nonetheless, Paul O'Connell, RN, director of emergency services, wanted to see those numbers improve.

ED improves on already impressive wait times