Background: Hospitalists encounter problems daily in their clinical practice but do not routinely engage in problem solving independently. Problems are often brought to the attention of hospital medicine leadership, but this does not support hospitalist engagement in process analysis and implementation of solutions. A reason for hospitalist disengagement is a lack of a standardized and [...]

Background: A LEAN principle is that front line staff provide value as defined by the customer (the patient). Within a LEAN framework, an A3 is both a way to understand your problem and a tool to organize multiple PDSA cycles into one cohesive and visible structure. While the literature cites many examples of PDSA cycles [...]