GE Healthcare Better discharge process cuts ED length of stay. Lean tools unlock improvement. Faced with that scenario, the staff at JFK Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL, used Lean tools to streamline discharges, reduce ED hold time and cut ED average length of stay (ALOS) by an average of 1.7 hours per patient in seven weeks. JFK, a part of the HCA Inc. hospital system, called on the GE Healthcare Performance Solutions team to improve it

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