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Visual management supports perioperative Lean efforts
Lean is a system of continuous process improvement that reduces and eliminates waste, leading to enhanced efficiency and quality and reduced costs (sidebar, Lean principles). The concept’s roots lie in the
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Patients fared worse in the wake of private equity acquisitions of US hospitals, according to research published January 9 in JAMA Network. Over a decade-long analysis of 73 acquired hospitals and 293 matched controls, declines…
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