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Hospital's and Hopice Care

From: Prime Time Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Length: 01:00:01

Two hospitals gain positive results after mimicking a car company?s principles. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 It was an unlikely idea?. Apply successful ideas developed to build better cars to taking better care of people in hospitals. Somebody actually did this ? used Toyota?s systems principles to make hospitals safer and more efficient for employees and patients alike. The experiment is the subject of a book and TV show ? and its author and one of the doctors involved join host Mike Cuthbert to talk about this creative and novel approach to health care. Then, as President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice, Val Halamanderis is on the front lines advocating for the best care for the nation?s elders. With his usual eloquence and depth of knowledge, he returns to Prime Time Radio to bring us up to date on all aspects of taking care of our elders.

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Piece Description

It was an unlikely idea?. Apply successful ideas developed to build better cars to taking better care of people in hospitals. Somebody actually did this ? used Toyota?s systems principles to make hospitals safer and more efficient for employees and patients alike. The experiment is the subject of a book and TV show ? and its author and one of the doctors involved join host Mike Cuthbert to talk about this creative and novel approach to health care. Then, as President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice, Val Halamanderis is on the front lines advocating for the best care for the nation?s elders. With his usual eloquence and depth of knowledge, he returns to Prime Time Radio to bring us up to date on all aspects of taking care of our elders.

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