Monthly Archives: June 2009
More Online Criticism of Lean Healthcare Regarding Park Nicollet and How Patients Aren’t Cars
Park Nicollet CEO to retire
In the news story about CEO David Wessner's retirement, one of the listed accomplishments is their use of Lean methods:
Wessner,...
Another Bad Design Example
Let's go with a light thought and topic for a Sunday, considering there are sad examples of medical malfeasance and poor management oversight in...
Learn to Play Before Picking Up a Sax
by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanA3 thinking, A3 problem solving, A3 report writing - whatever you might call it is growing...
Lean at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Tamra Kaplan Named COO of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center - Yahoo! FinanceThere aren't too many details in this story, but Lean *has* led...
LeanBlog Podcast #68 – Ben Harrison, Lean from CEO Perspective
Podcast #68 is a discussion with Benjamin G. Harrison, President & CEO of Kaysun, a privately-held manufacturer that, for over 60 years, has designed...
Article about Lean Hospitals in my Local Paper
Doctors praise consultant's book | News for Keller, Texas | The Keller CitizenThis story isn't important enough to be a main blog post for...
Right Words, Right Time @ the Hospital
Lean Leap to Health Care #11 (click for Part #10)
by Scott McDuffee
"Have a nice day."
When my daughters were younger, they would cheerfully wave at...
It Might Be Bad Design If Instructions Are Required…
... or if it's too easy to make mistakes.
One of my favorite books of all time is Donald Norman's The Design of Everyday Things....
Alan Mulally’s Mind Map Doesn’t Include Lean?
Can Alan Mulally save Ford? - May. 11, 2009Interesting story last month about Ford and CEO Alan Mulally. He's a Toyota admirer and Lean...
Reminders: Upcoming Lean Healthcare Events
A reminder about two upcoming events for the Lean Healthcare community:MIT Professional Education - Short Programs: MIT will be holding three short courses on...
Medical Mistake in In-Vitro Fertilization: What’s More Effective, Blaming Process or People?
IVF baby given to wrong woman - as couple's last embryo was aborted | Mail Online
This was front-page news in one of the UK...
Cost Crisis for the NHS? Quality Improvement Can Help?
Britain's health service "facing funding crisis" | Reuters:Watching the BBC morning news the other day, I took an interest in the discussion of the...
