The following excerpt is from the first chapter of the book “Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Simple Steps to Fast, Affordable, Flawless Healthcare” (McGraw-Hill; 2011). Excerpted with permission from McGraw-Hill. Following the excerpt is a Q&A with Becker’s Hospital Review…
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Rockledge, Fla.-based three-hospital Health First will open 100-bed, $166 million Viera (Fla.) Hospital next week, according to a Florida Today report.
Illinois' Cook County Health & Hospitals System — the public hospital system for the metropolitan Chicago area — has said it plans to close Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital and convert it into an outpatient facility, according to a Chicago Tribune…
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