Improving the productivity of hospital wards
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A program called Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward has been introduced into 62 public hospital wards in 10 of the 20 District Health Board regions. The program, which was developed in the NHS in England, takes a patientcentered approach to improving the quality of care on acute care nursing units by freeing up caregivers' time for more direct patient care. It gives frontline staff the opportunity to design safer and more reliable care by improving ward processes and environments.
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