Tag: Healthcare

A woman has the wrong side of her brain operated on. The headline features the hospital's name and the surgeon's name. It seems the...

This week, May 6-13, is National Nurses Week. It's always important, but it's especially good to thank and recognize all of the talented, caring,...

I first held a public registration workshop based on the book "Healthcare Kaizen"  in Denver last month. I'm going to repeat the workshop in...

Listen My guest for podcast #173 is Alan Gleghorn, CEO of Christie Clinic in central Illinois. Alan is one of the keynote presenters at the...

I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different "tribe" to be a part of,...

There's an excellent blog post on the Virginia Mason Medical Center site: "Does respecting co-workers make patients safer?" As a leader in adopting and adapting...

"Approximately 8 to 10% of the individuals who walk through our doors are being hurt by us," says David  Musyj, CEO of Windsor Regional...

Here's the latest in my "What I'm Reading" series, where I clear out some of the inventory of articles I've read, but haven't blogged...

A new tower opened at Seattle Children's Hospital two days ago, built with "Lean Design" principles and methods, as this story describes: Hospital design started...

Here's a video interview with Dr. Peter Pronovost, author of the book Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change...

Like yesterday's "live blog" post about the Autoliv talk, I also wrote this post as Art Byrne talked, but held it for publication today....

I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air bags and...