Lean Healthcare at Denver Health is Front-Page News

by Mark Graban on July 30, 2010 · 1 comment

It’s nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post — “Denver Health saves millions using Toyota efficiency principles.”

As the city health system, they are both an example of Lean Healthcare and Lean Government, saving the taxpayers money and providing better care, to the tune of cost savings of $54 million over the past five years. I was a guest faculty member on Wednesday for an IHI workshop called “$10 Million in Savings – Reducing Hospital Operating Expenses While Improving Quality.” $10 million — congrats, Denver Health — times five.

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Audio Parody: “Lean Spice” Commercial

by Mark Graban Jul 29, 2010 4 comments

Hello, readers. How are you? Fantastic. The recent series of Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa have been a pop culture hit, especially on YouTube and Twitter. Some of us have talked about the need to better market Lean, something I first experimented with in my iPad commercial parody. My friend Jay Parkinson, MD asked [...]

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Hospital Advertises 3-Second Savings – Will the Public Care?

by Mark Graban Jul 28, 2010 10 comments

Hat tip to Helen Z. for finding this full-page print ad in the New York Times. The full ad appears below in this post, but the primary element of the ad is what you see at left – it says prominently:  ”3 {seconds matter}”. It’s an ad for NYU Langone Medical Center, a hospital that [...]

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