Tag: Healthcare
What is Meant by “A Culture of Safety” in Healthcare? How...
I stumbled across this article the other day, on the important issue of medication errors:
Medication Errors: The Year in Review
"Preventing medication errors is an...
Waste Upon Waste: Misadventures in Getting Electronic Medical Records Transferred
I know I'm not alone in being frustrated by something as simple -- seemingly simple -- as transferring electronic medical records from one physician's...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 7th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 24th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 10th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...
Empower Your Team: Join Dr. Lisa Yerian’s Webinar on Building a...
I was happy to host a webinar, as part of the KaiNexus Continuous Improvement Webinar series that was be presented by Dr. Lisa Yerian,...
Beyond Discipline: You Can’t Punish Your Way to Perfection
For a long time, it's bothered me that organizations typically react to a mistake with punishment. This is even more annoying when the phrase...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 24th, 2023
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...
Learning from Mistakes: An Operating Room Case Study on the Consequences...
This article caught my eye today, and it's a change of pace to think about and write about mistakes other than my own (and...
Celebrating Love with a Lean Twist: Creative Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Reposted from 2014... It's Valentine's Day. I'll be on a flight home from Boston later, hoping to see my wife at least a little...
Alternative History: Toyota’s CEO Accelerates Lean Healthcare Improvement in the 2000s
Following up on my recent collaboration with ChatGPT ("Alternative History: GM Uses Lean to Remain #1 in the Auto Industry"), I also asked the...
When Burnout Turns to Moral Injury for Healthcare Clinicians
Here's a sad article from the New York Times... the article link should make it free to read for non-subscribers.
Doctors Aren't Burned Out From...