Comments on Lean Blog: Putting the Burden on Patients?

First of all, if we're ever lucky enough to get un...

2007-12-25T12:33:00.000-06:00

First of all, if we're ever lucky enough to get universal health care, there will be an appeal process and the medical community will be REQUIRED to tell you in advance what it is. This is standard federal practice.

Moving on from there, *thank you* for your comments, Lean Blogger. I am extremely sick of being told *I'm* supposed to teach the very person upon whom my life depends (as in "don't piss this person off") what their mother should have, their medical school profs should have, their employers should be. How outrageous.

Mark,Thanks for posting this. This really HIGHLIG...

2007-10-22T09:34:00.000-05:00

Mark,

Thanks for posting this. This really HIGHLIGHTS The lack of understanding who the customer is, is it the Hospital (i.e. doctor, nurse, pharmacist, et. al) or is it the actual sick person. Now imagine if we ever do get universal healthcare, if you do not wash your hands you may go to the end of the line, IMHO...

Oh and happy birthday for 24 October as well!!

2007-10-20T04:32:00.000-05:00

Oh and happy birthday for 24 October as well!!

This is a great post Mark. Here are some of my sug...

2007-10-20T04:31:00.000-05:00

This is a great post Mark. Here are some of my suggestions:

Protect your own health:

Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

Avoid cutting yourself while clumsily slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

Smokers. Save on matches and lighters, by simply lighting your next cigarette from the butt of your last one.

Avoid obesity:

TAKE your dustbin to the supermarket with you so that you can see which items you have recently run out of.

LOSE weight quickly by eating raw pork or rancid tuna. I found that the subsequent food poisoning/diarrhea enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.

DRILL a one inch diameter hole in your refrigerator door. This will allow you to check that the light goes off when the door is closed.

Be responsible for your own safety:

SMELL gas? Locate the suspected leak by striking an ordinary match in every room in the house until a loud explosion reveals the source of the escaping gas.

WHEN throwing someone a sharp instrument such as a bread knife, always throw it blade first as they invariably tend to turn whilst in the air.

When driving:

A TEASPOON placed in a glass on the back seat of your car makes a handy audible gauge for road bump severity.

AVOID parking tickets by leaving your windscreen wipers turned to 'fast wipe' whenever you leave your car parked illegally.

I'd hope it's embarrassing. Stuff like this has b...

2007-10-19T11:07:00.000-05:00

I'd hope it's embarrassing. Stuff like this has been in the public often enough over the past 10 years at least... and surveys still show, for example, hand washing compliance is horrible. I'm not sure what it will take. It will take leadership from hospitals, that's for sure. We have to reduce waste so that well-intended employees aren't pressured into cutting corners (and taking liberties with patient safety). There are many "whys" to ask, rather than just blaming employees (or physicians) that aren't doing these things. We have to work on the culture and the climate.

I wonder if this ad could be a subtle way of apply...

2007-10-19T10:36:00.000-05:00

I wonder if this ad could be a subtle way of applying pressure to the hospital industry...ie, hoping that enough people would raise these issues with doctors and nurses to embarras the medical profession and get them to make changes.