Limit Work in Progress on the Clinic Board
Use Kanban thinking to identify and relieve urgent-care flow bottlenecks.
Board overload Rooms are full, discharge is stuck, and the lobby is still filling. Starting more work can slow the system if finishing work is the constraint. Kanban Visualize work -> limit WIP -> manage flow Kanban makes bottlenecks visible and encourages teams to pull work only when capacity exists to move it forward. Busy board Every room full, little finished. The board becomes a management tool, not a census display. A patient board should reveal where work is stuck so the team can finish before pulling more work into the bottleneck. 01 Read board 02 Choose help 03 Try…
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