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How We Revolutionized Our Emergency Department

Harvard Business Review

The cord can be pulled by anyone encountering a quality problem or needing assistance from the team leader. We provided care for 57,532 patients that year, and our quality and safety metrics were excellent. In 2009, we pulled the Andon Cord. Ideas succeeded and failed in equal numbers; the bar for success was high and immovable.