Flow Physics 102: The Engine Before the Engines, and the Hidden Discipline

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Part of When Beds Don’t Move: The Course, six Flow Physics modules of patient flow training for hospital leaders.

Module 2 of When Beds Don't Move: The Course. Learn why linen is the engine before the engines, how par, position, and order decide whether EVS starts its first room on time, how the eight-step Linen Flow Cycle catches drift early, and how to read Yellow signals and act before they turn Red. 2.0 CE hours. Counts toward CHTI and CPTMP renewal.

This module is built from Donald Sipp's book When Beds Don't Move, which reached #1 in Hospital Administration and Care on Amazon. The book is not required to take the course.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Why linen is the engine before the engines, and how it sets EVS's first room
  • How par, position, and order decide readiness, not just a full shelf
  • How each unit's demand curve and Weekend Drift change what "stocked" means
  • The eight-step Linen Flow Cycle and the five steps most hospitals skip
  • How to read Yellow signals across all seven engines and act before they turn Red

Course Content

The Engine Before the Engines, and the Hidden Discipline
Chapters 2 and 3 of When Beds Don't Move: Linen Flow as the Readiness Engine, and the discipline of signals, timing, and readiness.

  • Linen Is the First Clock
  • Readiness You Can Check
  • Where and in What Order
  • Every Unit Has Its Own Curve
  • The Linen Flow Cycle
  • Signals, Timing, Readiness
  • Act at Yellow
  • Practice Lab: The 7:15 Briefing
  • Flow Physics 102 Knowledge Check

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