Tag: Patient Safety

Why “More Nurses” Isn’t the Best Way to Solve What Ails...

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There are certainly many serious problems in healthcare. Let's look at nursing, in particular. It's a rewarding job, but it's far more frustrating for...

Why Every Patient Deserves the Care & Caution that Surrounds the...

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Today's post is a link to my article written for the LinkedIn "Influencers" series: Why Every Patient Deserves the Care & Caution that Surrounds the...

The Worst Root Cause Problem Solver in the Animal World Is…...

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We all know the beaver is "the engineer of the animal kingdom." That's why MIT has a beaver as a mascot... it's an engineer...

Podcast #205 – Joe Schnur, Innovations for Hand Hygiene & Patient...

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Listen: Episode #205 is a conversation with Joe Schnur, VP Business Development at Intelligent M, a company that "designs data-driven hand hygiene compliance  improvement solutions for...

Report to President Obama Endorses Lean & Systems Engineering in Healthcare

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I recently saw a tweet that referenced a May 2014 that was sent to President Obama and his administration: "Report to the President - Better HealthCare...

Irony – When An Advocate for Healthcare “Transparency” Hides Who They...

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I received a tweet the other day from what appears to be a patient safety advocacy group. That's always great to see. However, I am...

Podcast #203 – Chris Jerry, Part 1, on the Death of...

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Listen My guest for Episode #203 (and for Part 2 of our discussion in episode #207) is Chris Jerry, founder of The Emily Jerry Foundation.  The...

Cleaning out the Backlog: Krafcik, Email, Lincoln, Leadership, Humility, Patient Falls

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As I sometimes do, I'm going to close out a bunch of browser tabs and share some articles that caught my eye recently but...

Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014

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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....

Debate about Lean at SF General Hospital – Hire a Consultant...

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Happy June, everybody! Summer is here. We've actually had a delightfully long spring here in San Antonio, which means the temperature hasn't really been...

Things That Make Me Worry About My Colonoscopy: Patient Safety

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Sorry to get all Katie Couric on you, but I'm going to have a colonoscopy on Friday. I turned 40 last October and I...

Are Today’s Hospitals Too Much Like “The Old GM?”

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As a former GM employee and a GM customer, I'm really fascinated by the reaction of the public, the media, and Congress to the...