Tag: Healthcare
Waste & #Lean in Healthcare: 5S-ing the Deck Chairs on the...
If we're doing trivial Lean projects without addressing patient harm or patient waiting times, we run the risk of "5S-ing the deck chairs on the Titanic"...
Waste in Healthcare – Flushing Money Down the Toilet
As a reminder, I am giving a free Gemba Academy webinar tomorrow (Tuesday 3/12) on "Stories about the Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare."...
Podcast #167 – Claire Crawford-Mason, Producer of Dr. W. Edwards Deming...
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My guest for episode #167 is Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer of the landmark 1980 NBC documentary that featured W. Edwards Deming, "If Japan Can...
Help Fund this Kickstarter Project: “Breaking the Wall of Silence” Film
It's the annual National Patient Safety Awareness Week, just ending now. Here are my thoughts from last year, including my stance that EVERY week...
Guest Post: The Time is Now for Lean-Led Hospital Design
Mark's note: Here is a guest post by my good friend Naida Grunden, author of two great books on Lean Healthcare.
America's 5000 hospitals face...
SHS Notes: Hospital Improvement, Deming Lessons from Mike Stoecklein, Shocking Doctors
I'm still reflecting on what a great conference the Society for Health Systems put on again this year. Here are some highlights from other...
Society for Health Systems Conference – Roger Gerard, ThedaCare
Saturday at the Society for Health Systems conference, included an excellent keynote address from Roger Gerard, from the ThedaCare health system, co-author with Dr....
Society for Health Systems (#SHS2013) Notes – MD Anderson Talks on...
I think this was my sixth consecutive year attending the annual Society for Health Systems Conference, held this year in New Orleans.
In the next...
Podcast #166 – Julie Bartels, Healthcare Clinical Business Intelligence Network at...
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My guest for episode #166 is Julie Bartels, Executive Vice President, National Healthcare Information at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. In this episode,...
Japan Trip: Going to Gemba and Seeing 5S at a Japanese...
I've been going back through my notes and pictures from my first trip to Japan in November... my goal is to blog about something or...
Stuff I’m Reading, February 21, 2013: Transparent Errors, Hidden Gorillas, Gaming...
It's time again for a regular feature I call "Stuff I'm Reading." I have too many browser tabs open and my Mac is bogging...
Healthcare Kaizen: The Suggestion Box is Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmcokWStLk
This webinar was held with guest presenter, Mark Graban of https://www.leanblog.org/
Suggestion box programs, while well intended, usually fail to engage employees in any improvement,...