Safety Issues Plague Hospital(s) – Front Page of USA Today
If this post is a bit of a rant, I apologize. The problems here are avoidable and fixable. That's one reason I get…
Thoughts on Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 4 to 10 has been "Patient Safety Awareness Week" from the National Patient Safety Foundation.
I'm…
Mini-Review: First Three Chapters of the Virginia Mason Medical Center Lean Book
I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical…
Notes and References from my #LKNA13 Talk on Lean Healthcare
I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different "tribe" to be a…
So Who Else Forgot to Pack Socks?
Last week, I had the chance to teach and facilitate a Lean education session for a group of health system…
The Academy Awards Add an Inspector, Practice “Andon Cord Pulls,”…
Tomorrow, my post will be about headlines that scream about ratings for The Oscars being "down from last year" or…
Did Toyota’s #Lean Mindsets & Practices Really Leave the (Now) Tesla…
Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was…
This Doctor is Upset About Something, But It Doesn’t Really Sound Like Lean
Now, there’s a story written by an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Brad Cotton, that appears in a publication…
Visiting and Touring the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 2
Last week, I wrote a post (part 1) looking back at our visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi factory that was part of our …
A Hotel, Time Quotas, Systemic Problems, and Employees Not Having the Right Tools
I travel a lot and, thanks to my work, I'm pretty well attuned to the idea of not blaming individuals for systemic…
What They’re Saying Now about Lean Healthcare in Saskatchewan
There have been plenty of headlines and updates since I first blogged about the controversy over Lean healthcare in…
Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories
If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota…
Toyota’s Blog on Pillars of the Toyota Production System & Lean
I didn't know , until yesterday, that Toyota has an official company blog (at least for Toyota UK).
Even…
Are Today’s Hospitals Too Much Like “The Old GM?”
As a former GM employee and a GM customer, I'm really fascinated by the reaction of the public, the media, and…
More on Lean in Saskatchewan
Since the healthcare improvement work I do is apolitical and non-partisan, I'm generally not one to butt into the…
Labor Day Reflections for a Safer Week (and Years) Ahead
I didn't have a post yesterday because it was the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. While I'm not a "worker," in…
A Lean Guy Listens to NPR – Waste & Problems in Healthcare
Coming this week -- blog posts and tweets (follow me or hashtag #HCsummit12) from the 2012 Lean Healthcare…
Lean Lessons for Healthcare from a Boeing 737 Factory Video
Podcaster Cali Lewis (a fellow DFW-area Texan) hosts a show called GeekBeat.tv, where she normally highlights new…