Monthly Archives: June 2009
F.S. Production System
By Scott McDuffee:The recent discussion of beignets at the Cafe Du Monde and breakfast sandwiches at Starbucks helped inspire the following. In concert with...
Lean Leap to Healthcare: Hospital Sabbatical
Lean Leap to Health Care #10 (click for Part #9)
by Scott McDuffee
In my first Leap to Health Care blog, I mentioned using a two-pronged...
Formal Announcement of LEI/ThedaCare Lean Healthcare Network
Thought I'd share this here on the blog even though many of you might have gotten an email from Helen Zak at the LEI...
Doofus and Leanie Cartoon #3 – JIT
Here's the 3rd in the "Doofus and Leanie" series (a parody of "Goofus and Gallant") this time obviously inspired by recent discussions about the...
Virginia Mason and Lean Healthcare on the CBS Evening News
A Carmaker As A Model For A Hospital? - CBS News
Virginia Mason Medical Center and their use of Lean and TPS was featured on...
Book Review – The Myth of Multitasking
The Myth of Multitasking - Dave Crenshaw
I am long overdue on a review of this book, which I feel bad about because I really...
LIFE Magazine August 1980 – Healthcare Costs Were 9% of GDP and Rising
Yesterday, I shared some old auto industry images and clips from the August 1980 LIFE magazine. More striking to me was an ad from...
LIFE Magazine August 1980 – Auto Manufacturing
I ended up having the chance to flip through a LIFE magazine from August 1980 and, given that was also a major recessionary period,...
First 90 Days as Hospital Lean Director – What To Do?
Lean Leap to Health Care #9 (Click for Part #8) by Scott McDuffee
"I'm not sure if I have ever learned anything with my mouth open....
Pathology Mistakes (Again) on Oprah and in the News
After watching and blogging about the first half of Oprah's medical errors show that featured the story of Dennis Quaid's kids, I finally got...
My Daily Workaround: Deleting Commercial Emails
I had an epiphany the other day. It was one of those moments where I was pretty ashamed and was ready to turn in...
Criticism of Lean at Park Nicollet Hospital
Hard times curtail Park Nicollet's ambition
Minnesota's Park Nicollet health system is often held up as one of the leading "lean healthcare" examples in the...
