Tag: Layoffs
Reflections on Almost 10 Years in Lean Healthcare
I often get asked, "How did you get into healthcare?" I was working on a chapter for a Lean healthcare compilation book that's being...
It’s Easy to See Why Labor Would be Upset with This...
Monday is Labor Day, a holiday here in the United States. Some nursing unions support Lean in healthcare, while others are in opposition. My...
My Thoughts on “10 Ideas That Hospital and Health System CEOs...
I saw this piece by Bob Herman at Becker's Hospital Review and ended up writing a blog post here instead of writing a long...
Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014
Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others....
#Lean *IS* about Doing More with Less, But Be Careful Saying...
It's often said that Lean is about "doing more with less."
Historically, and practically speaking, it's true. But, it's a phrase that we should be...
Maintaining a Hospital’s Level of Service After Layoffs
Thanks to a Google News Alert email, I get news stories (on a daily basis) about hospital layoffs around the country.
Many of the articles...
AME Spring Conference: Art Byrne
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....
Some Recent Interviews on Lean Healthcare & Kaizen
I was fortunate to have three interviews published in the past week, where I was talking about Lean Healthcare and Kaizen, so I thought...
What is Your Health System Doing to Reduce Costs? Process Improvement...
While Lean is not primarily a cost-cutting methodology (or, we could say it's not focused ONLY on costs), cost reduction is a common end...
Guest Post: 11 Common Misconceptions About Lean
Mark's note: Here's another great vacation guest post by Jeff Hajek:
By Jeff Hajek
Despite having been fairly main stream for going on three decades now,...
My Article: “Lean as an Alternative to Mass Layoffs in Healthcare”
Almost two years ago, I wrote an article for FierceHealthcare.com called "How lean management helped hospitals avoid layoffs."
Here in 2012, I see headlines daily...
Lean at the Peterborough (Ontario) Regional Medical Centre
Ontario's Peterborough Regional Medical Centre is about 18 months into their Lean transformation. They are being featured in a series of four articles in...
