Monthly Archives: October 2013
SF General Adopts Lean, Faces a Big Test with a “Never Event”
They just started a year ago (better late than never?), but San Francisco General Hospital had its Lean efforts highlighted in the San Francisco...
‘Lean and Green’ is Free
Mark's note: What follows is a guest post by Keivan Zokaei about the necessary and unsurprisingly overlap between Lean principles and environmental stewardship. I...
ThedaCare Featured by TIME as a “Real Face of Healthcare Reform”
It was great to see this TIME story (which I think is only available online), by Rick Wartzman of the Drucker Institute: "The Real...
Upcoming Webinars with Mark Graban, Shingo, and KaiNexus
Here are a few upcoming free webinars that I am participating in... I hope you are interested and can attend:
Mark Graban & Joe Swartz...
Too Many Patients Harmed, Too Few Leaders Committed to Real Change?
I recently received two emails that are worth sharing, in anonymous form here. One was from somebody I know who just quit a Lean...
Parallels and Learning Between Aircraft Engine MRO and Human Healthcare
My wife is a leader in a business (not GE) that does aircraft engine "MRO" work - maintenance, repair, and overhaul. I've been able...
Great Question from the ThedaCare Weekly Report Out – Respect
I had a chance again today to attend ThedaCare's weekly "report out," where a few hundred people gather in an auditorium to review and...
Key Takeaways from the 2013 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference
Mark's Note: Today's post is by a regular guest contributor, Christina Kach. I was disappointed that I couldn't attend this year's event in Massachusetts,...
Lean Sigma = Lean Plus Six Sigma or Six Sigma With Just a Little...
I had a conversation recently with a healthcare quality leader about her excitement about Lean.
She said that she wanted to learn more about Lean...
