Tag: Healthcare

Podcast #184 – John Toussaint, MD on CEO Challenges & Enduring...

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Listen It's great to have Dr. John Toussaint back for episode #184 of the podcast (see links to previous episodes below). He is, of course,...

ThedaCare Also Reinvents Primary Care – Patients & Doctors Win

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ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin, is well known for their Lean improvement system and Lean management system ("business performance system") in their hospitals,...

Two Webinars This Week – Kaizen Leadership & KaiNexus

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I'm going to be participating in two webinars this week (including one that is also a live presentation in Austin). Tuesday August 13: HIMSS Meeting...

New Website: AskMeIf.com, Buttons That Put the Quality Burden on Customers

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I've been writing for a long time  that I think it's inappropriate and ineffective to ask patients and families to inspect or police hand...

Your Lessons Learned about Daily Kaizen?

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I'm driving all over the state of Ohio this week, teaching three different workshops on Kaizen and Lean Healthcare with my friends at TechSolve....

Is Lean Management a “Slow Idea”?

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I just read Dr. Atul Gawande's latest piece in the New Yorker: "Slow Ideas:  Some innovations spread fast. How do you speed the ones...

What’s Lean or What Works? Centralizing Hospital Functions

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I had a chat with somebody from a hospital recently who asked about following one Lean principle and that leading to a conflict with...

Podcast #182 – Lean Healthcare in Tanzania – Michael Grogan and...

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Listen: Joining me for episode #182 are Michael Grogan and Dr. Brenda Dmello, joining me via Skype from Tanzania where they are working together to...

My Article on Lean Healthcare, Employee & Patient Safety in QHSE...

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QHSE Focus, an iPad magazine, asked me to contribute a piece on Lean healthcare. They published my piece titled, "Employee & Patient Safety: The Only...

“The Economist” Magazine Highlights a Lean Hospital in Sweden

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I was fortunate to have the chance to speak and visit at a few hospitals in Sweden back in February, 2010 (see my blog...

Data vs. Facts – Bridge Wait Times & Hourly Rounding

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There's a great Taaichi Ohno quote that I was reminded of last week (see a previous post from 2010 on this). "Data is of course...

Guest Post: Lean Healthcare Missionary Work in Tanzania

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Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Michael Grogan, a native of Ireland who left his Lean job in the U.S. to follow...