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Gack! I stumbled across a typo on page 238 of 3rd ed of #Lean Hospitals. Shows 100% inspection not effective pic.twitter.com/Y0ACKciGaz
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
Are hospitals too worried about copying the methods of #Lean management (what boards look like) instead of grasping the spirit & philosophy?
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 20, 2016
“Without any transparency of what goes on I don’t think there can be any accountability [or improvement]” https://t.co/z9OJ4J01n0
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 20, 2016
If you're "implementing #lean," stop asking for answers and start searching for them through your own practice
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 20, 2016
How's this for "just in time?" In some cities, you can get my paperback book SAME DAY https://t.co/AxFugBb8Pe pic.twitter.com/fZfj10Grxa
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 20, 2016
Today in charts likely to be inaccurate – home energy use edition pic.twitter.com/AbXacuXR1d
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 20, 2016
“Medical error as estimated 3rd-leading cause of the death in the U.S. under-recognized… & highly unmeasured."https://t.co/MDtxPdiSK7
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 20, 2016
What investigation and corrective action has been taken to prevent future fatalities like this sad case? https://t.co/bKaN9DOewh
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 21, 2016
The newest edition of #Lean Hospitals by @MarkGraban? Your own free copy? Check out how: https://t.co/XJkhmME6Fe pic.twitter.com/FEnvkk0FnR
— Jeffrey Roussel (@jeff_roussel) June 21, 2016
Dr. John Toussaint on #Lean: Effective Process Management for Health Care Systems https://t.co/M9PRkWarfl
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 21, 2016
"3 Vital Lean #Lessons from Shigeo Shingo" https://t.co/hPbXA1Ytyk by @UttanaOnline on @LinkedIn
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 21, 2016
The timeless wisdom of Mr. Shingo. It's always better to find the root cause of a problem. #ProblemSolving #Kaizen pic.twitter.com/sgNu1jwFEK
— Collin McLoughlin (@CollinRMc) June 17, 2016
What happened? Or didn't happen here?? –> Virginia Mason is denied full accreditation after lapses https://t.co/Wq8GIhO9jm
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 22, 2016
From 5 years ago @KaiNexus pic.twitter.com/cqigbweFsV
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 22, 2016
“Jack Welch’s ‘vitality curve’? No evidence for that at all,” said Mr. Cappelli https://t.co/C7kZuxMI5K
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 22, 2016
Controversy over healthcare cost cutting in Canada… the right skill levels for the right work or being cheap? https://t.co/hXh1h8ZQti
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 22, 2016
Everyone talks about wanting to adopt "best practices," but if everybody did that, they'd no longer be "best." Then what? ##Lean #Kaizen
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 22, 2016
So people still use the cliche of "Google ______ and you find XX million hits" blah blah. That's always been a useless number.
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
Does firing a group of people really improve the system to prevent future errors? #PatientSafety https://t.co/ivbsbTOaGq
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
I've stopped renting Chrysler cars because this shifter design is horrible… has caused injuries and deaths https://t.co/T1LdYi29s0
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
Some draw the conclusion "#Lean doesn't work." They propose spending more. Should I kill my blog & start https://t.co/AL91WtPOrW??
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
Yeah, this doesn't look good https://t.co/v8NQ1YeQzk
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
“What makes #Lean difficult is not that it is so complicated but that it is so different from what we’ve learned.” https://t.co/D4qRSOG0oW
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 23, 2016
Same is true with #lean recipe from Toyota? You can't leave out key ingredients, like respect for people or kaizen pic.twitter.com/yzYQkIOIB6
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 24, 2016
This spike in passport demand will occur every 10 years. Why not make some good for 11, 12 years? Level it out https://t.co/DpkbqEjBBo
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 24, 2016
It's also important to think about how freeing up time can impact safety, quality, patient satisfaction too https://t.co/wh07IX0W9I
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 24, 2016
People who say they're opposed to "#Lean healthcare" are actually against what could be called "mass production healthcare." Big difference
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 24, 2016
"because now I have this massive fear of fire," https://t.co/LcDvlYCu4y
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 24, 2016
“And while a sick child isn’t a Camry, Seattle Children’s Hospital has found that [#Lean] can pay off.” https://t.co/pNn1CBbNRB
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 25, 2016
"Not that long ago, VM was lauded for its safety and quality practices by the Joint Commission." https://t.co/ndpMtcNizx
— Mark Graban (@MarkGraban) June 24, 2016
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