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The article presents a study which determined if the implementation of Lean methods resulted in improved Pap test quality and diagnostic accuracy in 5 clinician practices. The researchers performed a 1-year case-control study that included 5,384 control and 5,442 cases of women who had a Pap test procured by 1 of 5 clinicians. The study's results showed that disseminating Lean methods across a group of clinicians resulted in improved Pap test quality and diagnostic accuracy.