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		<title>Five innovative strategies for improving patient flow in hospitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The benefits of improving patient flow go way beyond reducing wait times. While most healthcare administrators tend to focus on reduced diversions (in the ED), elopments, elective surgery cancellations, improving flow can positively impact quality of worklife for physicians, nurses and staff . This can in turn have a very positive impact on patient satisfaction [...]
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		<title>UK hospitals use lean to reduce costs and improve care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video update!!! British Healthcare system The  National Health System(NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS provides the majority of healthcare in England, including primary care (such as general practitioners), in-patient care and long-term healthcare. NHS hospitals are increasingly competing with other private health systems and facing financial difficulties. Lean applied [...]
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		<title>5S healthcare projects deliver real results</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[5s is a methodology developed in the toyota production system from which lean thinking derived.  The 5s system is perhaps the most easily applicable and adaptable tool of lean in healthcare setting. It&#8217;s also a tool that can deliver real results impacting both quality of care and the bottomline quite dramatically. If you are not convinced [...]
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