Mark Graban
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups.
Mark's latest book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, a recipient of the Shingo Publication Award.
He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean, previous Shingo recipients.
Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.
Denver Health’s CEO Spreading the Word about Lean
Checking In With Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow On A "Model" Health Care System - Kaiser Health News
Dr. Patty Gabow has been one of...
Reflections on Reader Feedback – Part 2
Following up on Part 1 of my Reader Survey reflection exercise, here is Part 2. Thanks for the 113 survey responses and for the...
Cleaning Out the Lean Blog Backlog, Redux
It's a not-so-regular feature, but it's time to clean up the Lean Blog Backlog (say that 10 times fast), the stories that I've tucked...
Mark Interviewed on "Quality Conversations"
Reminder: I am teaching a two-day introductory workshop called "Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare." If you have considered or investigated this workshop, but...
Lean is Not Sustainable, Except When It Is
What top-performing EDs do - Hospitals & Health Networks
I was really, Really, REALLY puzzled by the first line in this article, that read:
"Lean, Six...
LeanBlog Podcast #72 – Dr. John Toussaint, Lean & Healthcare Reform
Our returning guest is John S. Toussaint, MD, the CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. In the...
Modern Healthcare Podcast with Hospital Execs
Ill. hospital execs find savings in Lean methodologies - Modern HealthcareIt's nice to see Modern Healthcare is doing some podcasts, or at least I...
"Dead by Mistake" Report Hits the News
As I had alluded to the other day, there was a huge investigative piece that ran across the country Sunday in the Hearst Newspapers....
Behind the Numbers: A Startling Look at Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety,...
In this post, Mark compiles a range of eye-opening statistics about healthcare quality, patient safety, and medical errors. Acting as a repository of data,...
Enhancing Patient Care with Lean Principles: The Chugachmiut Story in Alaska...
LeanBlog Podcast Episode #71 is part two of a conversation with Patrick Anderson, the Executive Director of Chugachmiut, the Tribal consortium created to promote...
BREAKING: Big Expose Coming on Medical Errors and Deaths
Hearst Press Release August 09, 2009This will be developing over the next few days. The Hearst newspaper chain has done a huge expose of...
Defining "Value" at a Jazz Club
A little weekend lightness... serious stuff to come this week...When I was in the UK last month, I was able to catch a late...
