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Another election cycle, another health-care debate
National adoption of patient flow optimization practices has the potential to reduce total U.S. per capita spending “by 4-5%”, which amounts to $140 to $180 billion a year.
Emergency Rooms Shouldn’t Be Parking Lots For Patients
Smoothing out surgical scheduling to improve efficiency is much less expensive than building a new hospital wing, and has been shown to yield major improvements.
To Solve Hospital Overcrowding, Think Like a Mathematician
An operations management specialist is applying lessons from statistics to help free up hospital beds. It’s working.
The way out of the nurse staffing impasse
Unresolved nurse burnout at hospitals globally leads to legislative initiatives such as Massachusetts’ ballot Question 1. In the face of financial constraints and workforce shortages, the only solution is to smooth variability in healthcare operations.
Bloomberg Baystate Business News – Question #1 Nurse Staffing Ballot
Listen to Dr. Litvak talk about IHO’s solutions for nurse staffing challenge. Talk starts at minute 30
US Health Experts Bid to Ease NHS Grampian Waiting Times
IHO is helping NHS Scotland make sustainable improvements on national access standards and staff and patient satisfaction.
Missourians brace for loss of health insurance as Congress moves to dismantle Obamacare
Samantha Liss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch