Comments on: Exec from Seattle Children’s on Lean Healthcare in the Washington Post http://www.leanblog.org/2009/10/executive-from-seattle-childrens-on/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike LaChapelle http://www.leanblog.org/2009/10/executive-from-seattle-childrens-on/#comment-6030 Mike LaChapelle Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:14:18 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/10/exec-from-seattle-childrens-on-lean-healthcare-in-the-washington-post/#comment-6030 I think that Pat Hagan is using Value Added vs. Non Value Added time as his measure of waste in Healthcare. By this metric, there are very few businesses which have more than 5% Value Added (or less than 95% waste). The only value added in healthcare is in the time spent in the correct diagnosis and successful treatment of medical conditions. This is a very small fraction of the total time. All the rest is waste. I think that Pat Hagan is using Value Added vs. Non Value Added time as his measure of waste in Healthcare. By this metric, there are very few businesses which have more than 5% Value Added (or less than 95% waste). The only value added in healthcare is in the time spent in the correct diagnosis and successful treatment of medical conditions. This is a very small fraction of the total time. All the rest is waste.

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]]> By: Nancy Barnes http://www.leanblog.org/2009/10/executive-from-seattle-childrens-on/#comment-5634 Nancy Barnes Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:17:23 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2009/10/exec-from-seattle-childrens-on-lean-healthcare-in-the-washington-post/#comment-5634 Thanks for the comments on the article. Lean is a very exciting addition to the healthcare arena and will drive quality to continue to be a focal point, even in these times of cost reduction. Thanks for the comments on the article. Lean is a very exciting addition to the healthcare arena and will drive quality to continue to be a focal point, even in these times of cost reduction.

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