Lean Hospitals: Thoughts from a Health System C.O.O. on Lean, Purpose, and Safety Mark Graban May 17, 2016 1 Audio In the previous editions of my book Lean Hospitals, I've included case examples from Avera McKennan Hospital and…
Article about Lean in Two Sioux Falls Health Systems Mark Graban May 22, 2014 2 Blog I recently saw an article about Avera Medical Group and Sanford Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: "Health…
A Panel of Early Lean Lab Innovators Mark Graban Nov 8, 2012 3 Blog This week, I was able to drop by the annual Lab Quality Confab event since it was being held in here in San…
Update on Lean Hospitals, 2nd Edition – Download the New Chapter 1 Mark Graban Oct 18, 2011 8 Blog Today's post is an update on the 2nd revised edition of my first book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient…
My Guest Article on Lean as an Alternative to Hospital Layoffs Mark Graban Oct 1, 2010 6 Blog Thanks to FierceHealthcare.com for publishing my guest article on the front page of their site: "How lean…
A Defense of Lean and of Lean at Starbucks Mark Graban Aug 5, 2009 15 Blog Yesterday's WSJ front page headline caught my eye, as a frequent Starbucks customer and obvious Lean zealot:…
Who are the Lean Thinking CEOs? Mark Graban Jul 26, 2009 7 Blog A question came in from a blog reader -- simple question with no simple or easy answers: Who are the Lean Thinking…
Articles about Lean in Healthcare Mark Graban Feb 13, 2009 1 Blog Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series: Collections: Resources area of the Healthcare Value Network site…