Tag: Patient Safety

Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement...

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Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center (MGMC) organize... here is my first...

Improving Patient Safety in North Texas

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I recently saw this article, as published in a printed magazine that arrived in the mail via the UNT Health Science Center. The bold headline...

Following Up on the DMC Problems

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This article caught my eye recently: DMC dirty instruments escaped '15 probe, records show (via The Detroit News)

Hospitals Can Be Like Hotels, But Safety is a Far More...

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This article caught my eye recently: Skip the Fancy Towels, and Hire More Nurses (via the NY Times)

#TBT: Talking to a Friend of Captain “Sully” About Patient Safety

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OK, it's Tuesday... "Throwback Tuesday." I'll make that a thing. Somebody I really appreciated getting to know, before her retirement from healthcare improvement work, was...

Exposé About Detroit Medical Center, Dirty Surgical Instruments, Dysfunction, and… Lean?

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A number of you emailed me about this report in the Detroit News. I grew up in Detroit and my first job was as...

Did Bad Systems & Training, Weak Problem Solving, and Poor Supervision...

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The cancelation of a meaningless NFL exhibition pre-season game is probably one of the least important problems in the world. But, it happened recently...

My Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Transitioning From Beijing to Shanghai

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Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I visited: Shanghai. This post...

What’s Up at Virginia Mason Medical Center? Top Rankings & Joint...

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I want to preface this post by saying it's mostly about questions, not answers. I've had many readers and acquaintances ask me about what's...

#TBT: Posts from Julys Past

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I'm going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years past. 2015: See...

Sorta Live Blogging Fox News “Beware! Danger at the Doctor” (Part...

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Recently, Chris Jerry, a friend in the patient safety movement (pictured, at left) told me that he was going to be interviewed on a Fox...

The Blame and Shame(ful) Culture of Healthcare

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Mark's Note: This is another guest post by Drew Locher (check out past posts and my podcast with him). There's been a lot in...