Here's the latest installment of “Key Tweets,” a post that summarizes some of my tweets (or retweets) from the week. Follow me @MarkGraban. See the previous installments here.
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#Lean instead? "Ontario hospitals are being forced to lay off nurses" because budgets have been frozen for 3 years http://t.co/Ig0mk03VpC
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 23, 2015
#1 best seller, Amazon healthcare admin category: #Lean Hospitals http://t.co/xz9SvRcQK4 pic.twitter.com/cV4dzVZFzu
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 23, 2015
Every organization has the potential to engage every employee in ongoing continuous improvement. It's just very untapped potential.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 23, 2015
Why does #Lean & #Kaizen matter in healthcare? Fewer patients getting annoyed or hurt, fewer employees crying at the end of the day.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 23, 2015
If Six Sigma is good (and domain is taken), why not seven sigma? I'm surprised you could buy this. #UnlikelyDomains pic.twitter.com/wadqWapo9I
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
A Detroit publication should know #Lean is not just low inventory… How Faurecia made over a former Visteon plant http://t.co/7YIlSfRfwQ
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
"study found no relationship between the # of reported medication incidents and 'actual' rate of errors" http://t.co/MgtrHq3lI6
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
"looks like you have a lot of Lean props, like A3’s & huddle boards & color-coding, but I don’t see much happening.” http://t.co/egCDgDMzUo
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
I guess their processes weren't that air tight then. Toddler served alcohol because of 'human error,' restaurant says http://t.co/GzTkbfDdL4
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
Written by a hospital CEO: STEVE POPKIN: Hospitals can learn from auto manufacturing – Press Enterprise http://t.co/WTGSXDm1O8 #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
"1,000 people a day experience a preventable drug mistake" http://t.co/JZ05KYpwvm #patientsafety
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
"To err is human; to cover up is unforgivable; and to fail to learn is inexcusable." Sir Liam Donaldson #Failure2015 @CAHSPR
— Diane Finegood (@DTFinegood) March 24, 2015
Register to receive free PDF 1st chapters of @HCkaizen books: http://t.co/0SPRywJtSX #Healthcare #Kaizen #Lean pic.twitter.com/9YGrMwkAlF
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 24, 2015
Webinar: How To Spread Continuous Improvement — April 14 at 1p EDT http://t.co/aOJBHXwQx4 #lean #kaizen w @GregHJacobson & @MarkGraban
— KaiNexus (@KaiNexus) March 25, 2015
"Thank you for putting this together. This is what people should be doing instead of going to conferences." http://t.co/KrAnJ7HMuQ #lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 25, 2015
"29% of people hospitalized experience at least one medical error" http://t.co/JZ05KYpwvm #patientsafety
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 25, 2015
"The hand sanitizer outside his room was empty," she said [about the hospital] http://t.co/JZ05KYpwvm #patientsafety
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 25, 2015
Hospitals don't want "assembly line medicine." Fair enough, but most manufacturing isn't "assembly line manufacturing," either. #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 25, 2015
Shouldn't be an earth shattering discovery that reducing length of stay increases capacity for more patients. http://t.co/d4HrR5rupv #Lean
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 25, 2015
#Lean "forced our service to [improve] rounds in a way that could better meet patients’ needs & requirements. http://t.co/d4HrR5rupv
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 25, 2015
This "Lean" and zero-based budgeting have nothing to do with Toyota #Lean pic.twitter.com/jj0LLk3WMO
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 26, 2015
Hospitals' uncompensated care costs fell by $7.4B last year http://t.co/3BfFqYtekp
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 26, 2015
This MD doesn't think the current state of healthcare is unsafe? Sorry if that reality hurts his feelings. pic.twitter.com/K4xdUL7iaO
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 26, 2015
What Quality Measures Should Be Used to Evaluate Health-Care Providers? – WSJ http://t.co/nM9UMD2kwN
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 26, 2015
Our Recommended Continuous Improvement Books http://t.co/qmbbrWALpq #lean #kaizen pic.twitter.com/0ANg82Au95
— KaiNexus (@KaiNexus) March 26, 2015
The Germanwings disaster illustrates a horrific example of how one countermeasure can cause new risks or problems…
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 26, 2015
I liked a @YouTube video from @tcrbob http://t.co/6cyh4H4xcb Garrison Bros. (Texas Country Reporter)
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 26, 2015
How to find opportunities for improvement (with video with @MarkGraban) http://t.co/htJIbTq6uH pic.twitter.com/Wb7vjXcahw
— KaiNexus (@KaiNexus) March 27, 2015
New Study Shows Financial Benefits of Improving #PatientSafety ($108 million for a hospital over 3 years) http://t.co/3WJKf4GUdM
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) March 27, 2015
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Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker who has worked in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More. He is author of the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, as well as The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen. He also published the anthology Practicing Lean that benefits the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation, where Mark is a board member. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.