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           Monday, May 21, 2012
Saskatchewan! Healthy people. A healthy province.

Lean was first implemented in Five Hills Health Region in 2006. Since then, Lean has been adopted in the Ministry of Health, and expanded to all of the province's health regions and many other health care organizations.

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Health Quality Council has posted a number of videos about Releasing Time to Care and other quality improvement topics on YouTube.

Demonstrating how inefficient processes can eat into time available for patient care, a nurse in the Medical Surgical Unit of Cypress Regional Hospital spends seven minutes tracking down a piece of equipment. (4 minutes, 39 seconds, on YouTube)



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