Factors | Characteristics |
---|---|
Organizational experience with Lean | Some experience |
Geographic location | West |
Region density | Small rural |
Type of hospital | Critical-access hospital (CAH) |
Acute-care beds | 25* |
Teaching hospital | No |
Physician employment model | Staff |
Use of an external Lean consultant | Yes |
* Includes swing beds that can be used for either acute or skilled nursing facility-level care.