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‘m away on vacation through October 10th, but I've scheduled the posting of an article of interest most weekdays. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts on each and I hope you keep up your daily habit of reading the blog.
This article caught my eye recently:
(via The Detroit News)
From the early part of the article:
State regulators who last week cited the Detroit Medical Center for lax training failed to find problems with dirty surgical instruments during an inspection last year — even as surgeons were complaining to hospital officials about them, records show.
Also see this article:
And:
See my original blog post and updates in the comments:
Exposé About Detroit Medical Center, Dirty Surgical Instruments, Dysfunction, and… Lean?
Can we really rely on outside inspectors and regulators?
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Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Good luck with the cost cutting:
Detroit Medical Center will slash workforce under Tenet cost-cutting plan
Did they fix the instrument sterilization problems yet?