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Free tools · From When Beds Don't Move

Free tools to find where patient flow breaks

Three printable tools Donald Sipp Jr. uses with hospital teams. Use them at your next morning huddle or leadership meeting. Enter your email once and download all three.

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The 7-Engine Map

PDF · 1 page

The diagnostic Donald uses on day one of every hospital assessment. Your hospital runs on seven operational engines that move every patient, in a natural order.

  • Each engine, from linen to discharge
  • The one signal to watch
  • The question to ask when it drifts
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Floor walk

The Flow Readiness Checklist

PDF · 4 pages

A 20-item walk for the hour before your day begins. Walk your hospital between 5:30 and 7:00 AM and score what is breaking before anyone arrives.

  • 20 yes or no checks by engine
  • A simple score and three tiers
  • What to do with each result
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10 minutes

The FMT Self-Assessment

PDF · 5 pages

Ten questions that score your hospital's flow readiness and point to the single engine to fix first. Most leaders can finish it from memory.

  • A Red, Yellow, or Green readiness tier
  • Your highest-leverage engine
  • A next step for this week with no new staff or spending
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These tools come from When Beds Don't Move

The book explains the seven engines, why delays spread to departments that did nothing wrong, and how to fix flow without new staff or software. The Flow Implementation Workbook turns it into a step-by-step plan.

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