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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Cleveland Clinic, as well as the IT department at Nationwide Insurance, use a tiered huddle system to drive problem solving down to the lowest possible level and reduce the need for firefighting.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care. Just imagine the operational demand if primary care providers also had to actively monitor their patients’ health data between office visits.

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