Monday, July 12, 2010

Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital
By Julie Weed
New York Times

TWO years ago, the supply system atSeattle Children’s Hospital was so unreliable that Susanne Matthews, a nurse in the intensive care unit, would stockpile stuff — catheters in the closet, surgical dressings in patients’ dresser drawers and clamps in the nurse’s office. And she wasn’t the only one.

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