A holistic approach Mercy St. Vincent aimed to reduce waste, wait times, non value-added work, and rework and develop a set of new standard operating procedures, measures, and milestones. When it started the improvement initiatives in 2007, it found, like many health systems, its work and therefore quality measures were unit-specific and didn’t always paint a true picture of the performance of the whole organization.
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