Tag: Healthcare

Waste & #Lean in Healthcare: 5S-ing the Deck Chairs on the...

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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

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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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Listen: 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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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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Listen 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...

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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...

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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

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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,...