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Here is the sixth in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team. We are embedding these videos into our web-based (and iOS) software, to provide short tips and hints…
Listen A returning guest for episode #159 is John Toussaint, MD, the CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and the author of the books On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry and Potent…
I’m back from vacation and, as with any good vacation, I’m trying to get back into the swing of things with work and the blog. Thanks again to all of my great guest bloggers from the past two weeks. One…
Mark’s note: Thanks to all of the wonderful guest bloggers who contributed to this space over the past two weeks. Today’s post is by Richard Steel, the COO of Kaizen Institute New Zealand and Mijo Katavic, lean & innovation manager…
Mark’s note: I’m back from vacation, but I have a few more great guest posts today and tomorrow as I get back into working mode. I’ll be back on Monday. Liz Guthridge is a returning guest blogger — “The Lean…
Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post is, again, from a great friend of mine and this blog, Dean Bliss, of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. Check out my podcast with him. By Dean Bliss In my role as a Lean healthcare worker,…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is from a friend of mine from The Netherlands. I had a chance to visit Marc and his hospital back in 2009 and I’ve seen Marc and colleagues the last three years at the Lean…
Mark’s note: Here’s another great vacation guest post by Jeff Hajek: By Jeff Hajek Despite having been fairly main stream for going on three decades now, there are a surprising number of misconceptions about Lean. Here is a list of…
Mark’s Note: Today’s guest post is from a great friend of mine and this blog, Dean Bliss, of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. Check out my podcast with him. By Dean Bliss As someone who’s been doing Lean in healthcare for…
Today’s guest post is by Duke Rohe, a Quality Improvement Education Consultant at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. I know Duke from his heavy involvement with the Society for Health Systems. Kaizen’s Test for the Best Idea…
Mark’s note: Today’s guest post is by Dr. Mark Jaben, an emergency medicine physician who has also been working with KaiNexus. If you drive along Highway 19 near Fayetteville, West Virginia, you’re likely to drive across the bridge traversing…
Mark’s note: Ankit Patel is a returning guest blogger and a good friend in the world of Lean and Lean Healthcare. Check out his blog and website. By Ankit Patel: In all my years of practicing lean/process improvement I’ve…
