title: Working smarter with patient-focused care.
abstract: Aspects of the patient-focused care approach make it clear that ideas that revolutionized other industries are just as useful to healthcare organizations. Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla. and Atlanta's Northside Hospital have adopted this approach.
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authors: Troup
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authors: Rushing
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004526:Efficiency; D005431:Florida; D005845:Georgia; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000639:trends*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013996:Time and Motion Studies