Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary
I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others -- …
Dennis Quaid and Patient Safety – Upcoming Documentary
You might be familiar with the case where the actor Dennis Quaid's twins were harmed by an overdose at the famed…
Dennis Quaid and Medical Mistakes Episode on Oprah
So I'm finally watching the DVR-ed episode from March 10, 2009 that gave widespread exposure to the issue of…
Dennis Quaid and Discussion of Medical Mistakes on Oprah Tuesday
Dennis Quaid Takes Oprah To Hospital That OD'd His BabiesThis might be the first time I'm DVR-ing the Oprah show.…
Dennis Quaid on 60 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Recounts Twins' Drug Ordeal, Actor Tells 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft Medical Errors Kill Thousands - CBS…
Quaid Case Update: Whose Responsibility is Standardized Work?
If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and…
These Two Things Are Designed Badly, But Nobody Gets Hurt…
Last Thursday, I flew to Ohio after my 93-year-old grandfather was moved from the hospital to hospice. He passed…
Learning Not to Blame: Baseball Edition
Following up my post about not blaming a bartender, here's another look at learning to cast aside our old…
“You get what you expect and you deserve what you tolerate.”
Along my Lean journey, I learned an expression about the role of leaders and I shared this in my first book Lean…
Looking at Medical Mistakes – Learning and Preventing or Repeating?
Working in healthcare, it's hard not finding stories about preventable errors. I keep hearing stories from friends…
A Lean Guy Watches “CNN’s 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes”
Did anybody else see this show hosted to Elizabeth Cohen on CNN last weekend, titled "25 Shocking Medical…
Blame the Stanford Kicker! Blame the Kicker?
At first I thought this post was stretching this week's blog theme of applying Lean principles in everyday life,…
KaiNexus Education Video #2 – Focus on Processes, not People
Charity Auction Update - the total raised in the round 1 auctions = $951.37 (plus $40 in Amazon affiliate fees from…
Las Vegas Paper Writes Series on Patient Safety Failings, Hospital Culture
I found this lengthy series of articles from the Las Vegas Sun, published under the heading of "Do No Harm:…
Updated: How Often Must the Same Mistake Be Repeated?
Dennis Quaid's newborns reportedly harmed by medical mix-up - Los Angeles Times
(Updated 4:57 PM, again at 9:51…
Rather than Blaming Employees, Managers Must Take Responsibility for Problems…
Eight years ago today, I published a piece originally on LinkedIn as part of their "Influencers" series:
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The Oscars, An Embarrassing Preventable Error, #Lean, and Process Improvement
Alternative headline: “Poorly Designed Card Trips Up Beatty and Dunaway at The Oscars.” Or “A Bad Process Beats…
The Fallacy of Firing People to Fix Patient Safety
In a Lean culture, the mindset is that "problems are treasure" or "problems are gold." By honestly identifying…