TDO Working on Lean Initiative for Health-Care Sector
Here is a nice summary of some lean healthcare/hospital efforts under way in New York:
“The hospitals applied lean principles in numerous areas, he says. In one case, the number of steps it takes to admit someone dropped from 200 to 14.”
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Mark Graban
Mark Graban's passion is creating a better, safer, more cost effective healthcare system for patients and better workplaces for all. Mark is a consultant, author, and speaker in the "Lean healthcare" methodology. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. His most recent project is an book titled Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also the VP of Improvement & Innovation Services for the technology company KaiNexus.