Education level 1: Introductory
Realistic Medicine - National toolkit for professionals
Define unwarranted variation in healthcare.
Source: NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
Description:
- Improved patient and staff experience/satisfaction
- Reduced waits/delays and improved access to care
- Reduced mortality and medical errors
- Optimal patient placement
- Improved utilisation of resources and improved tolerance during times of peak activity
- Reduced length of stay
- Increased hospital throughput
- Increased improvement capability and capacity for staff and awareness of whole system working
- Efficiency and productivity gains
Target audience: NHS Scotland staff.
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