I gave a couple of examples of a broad application of Lean theory. Dr. Tétreault has more experience in this than I do and maybe can speak a bit more about it.
We didn't find you needed a lot of new resources or money. This was really almost a management philosophy, applying new thought processes to a current problem and how you address it.
I think the important part I keep stressing is coming back to the data piece. I think we were lucky in several ways because we were able to tack on that data capture piece to existing databases. We had a wait list database for hip and knee arthroplasty. We added onto that the outcomes data from our joint registry. It was a matter of adding a few fields and a bit more time from the analyst.
I think what happens is once you demonstrate the value of the data, it's much easier to find those resources to create new data structures.