Flow Physics 101: How the Invisible System Creates the Visible Day

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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 1 of When Beds Don't Move: The Course. Learn how the first hour of the day sets the pace for patient flow, how to measure First Movement Time and the Stagnation Gap, and how the five Flow Physics laws explain why beds stop moving. 1.5 CE hours. Counts toward CHTI and CPTMP renewal.

This module is built from Donald Sipp’s book When Beds Don’t Move, an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Hospital Administration and Care. The book is not required to take the course.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Why a hospital with open beds can still run as if it were full
  • How to measure First Movement Time and the Stagnation Gap on your own unit
  • The five laws of Flow Physics and how to spot each one in a normal morning
  • How Activation Windows, Cycle Loss, and Misalignment build pressure hours before it shows
  • How to trace a hard morning back to its earliest slip and choose one fix with an owner

Course Content

How the Invisible System Creates the Visible Day
Seven lessons and a knowledge check. 1.5 CE hours.

  • Lesson 1: The 8:30 Call That Started at 6:47
  • Lesson 1 Practice Quiz
  • Lesson 2: Capacity Is Not Movement
  • Lesson 2 Practice Quiz
  • Lesson 3: First Movement Time
  • Lesson 3 Practice Quiz
  • Lesson 4: The Stagnation Gap
  • Lesson 4 Practice Quiz
  • Lesson 5: The Five Laws of Flow Physics
  • Lesson 5 Practice Quiz
  • Lesson 6: Activation Windows, Cycle Loss, and Misalignment
  • Lesson 6 Practice Quiz
  • Lesson 7: Practice Lab: Trace the Morning
  • Flow Physics 101 How the Invisible System Creates the Visible Day: Knowledge Check

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