Tag: Doctor

John Toussaint on Shifting from White Coat Leadership

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Here is a short video clip from 2009... Dr. John Toussaint talking about the need to shift away from "White Coat Leadership" to Lean...

Fine Print: “Doctors: Best of 2013” List Does Not List the...

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Here is a piece that I wrote originally for publication on LinkedIn (but you can read it without an account, I believe). It's not strictly...

Podcast #163 – Dr. Greg Johnson, a Lean Thinking Chief Medical...

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Listen: My guest for episode #163 is Dr. Gregory R. Johnson, the Chief Medical Officer at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this episode,...

Podcast #160 – Dr. Joe Guarisco, Emergency Department Process Improvement through...

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Listen My guest for podcast #160 is Joseph S. Guarisco, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP. Dr. Guarisco is currently Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and...

Start 2013 with “The Spirit of Kaizen”

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As we enter the new year, it's a great time to reflect back on 2012 - what worked and what didn't work... what do...

Recommended Webinar on Monday: Lean in an Academic Medical Setting; U-M...

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If you liked my January 2011 podcast with Jack Billi, MD, from the University of Michigan Health System and Medical School, be sure to...

Dr. Gary Kaplan’s Piece on Lean for the Institute of Medicine

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Here is a commentary that was written by Gary S. Kaplan, MD, the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center: "The Lean Approach to Health...

Archive of Free Webinar – Greg Jacobson, MD on Kaizen for...

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Updated 11/8 to include a link to the recording  and changing the post to past tense. Gregory Jacobson, MD, co-founder and CEO of KaiNexus (disclosure:...

Guest Post: What’s Under Your Road to Improvement?

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Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Dr. Mark Jaben, an emergency medicine physician who has also been working with KaiNexus.   If you drive...

Notes from the 2012 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference, Day One

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Yesterday was an outstanding day at the Northeast Shingo Prize Conference in Worcester, Massachusetts - my first time attending and speaking at this event....

Stuff I’m Reading: August 15, 2012

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Picking up a feature I was doing a few months back, the backlog of stuff I've read and wanted to blog about has grown......

Dr. Berwick’s 1989 Advice on Making Kaizen Happen in Healthcare

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Last week, I blogged about the 1989 New England Journal of Medicine article by Dr. Donald M. Berwick, "Continuous Improvement as an Ideal in...