Google Nexus Q – Made in the USA
I’m not sure Google has much of a market for a $299 media player (with the AppleTV and Roku players being under $100), but it’s noteworthy that the new Google Nexus Q is made in the USA (see picture at…
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Weekend Fun: My Ironic Home Office
It’s been a month now since my wife and I moved to San Antonio. I’ve been on the road most or all of the last four weeks… so my home office is still very unsettled. Today, I’m working on that…
“Healthcare Kaizen” In Stock at Amazon; In the News
It’s an exciting week, as copies of our new book Healthcare Kaizen are shipping from the publisher (@BrianBuck told me he received shipping notification that his pre-ordered copy should arrive today). Amazon.com now shows books as “In Stock” (“17 left…
Even with “ObamaCare” Upheld, Much Hard Work Remains to Protect Patients and Make Care Affordable
The Supreme Court has mainly upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the individual mandate and other controversial provisions. The court did not throw out the entire law. Congress can no longer penalize states for not expanding Medicaid…
New Book by @PaulFLevy – “Goal Play!” with Lessons for Healthcare
Paul Levy, the former CEO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a long time friend of mine and this blog (read his ongoing blog here although he’s no longer “Running a Hospital”). I’ve been meaning to blog about…
Are Suggestion Boxes Really Going Away? What Say Amazon?
Last week, I found and read an article, “Whatever happened to the company suggestion box?,” that makes some really great points about the problems with the ole’ box as a way to facilitate continuous improvement. This is a favorite topic…
Michigan Lean Consortium 2012 Conference – Establishing a Winning Culture
Although I’ve lived in Texas since 1999 (other than a few years in Phoenix), Michigan is my home state, having grown up in Livonia (a Detroit suburb) from 1st grade through high school and then working there for two…
More Than Grammar in This WSJ Grammar Quiz
Last week, my dad pointed out this grammar quiz on the Wall Street Journal website (as part of the article “This Embarrasses You and I*: Grammar Gaffes Invade the Office in an Age of Informal Email, Texting and Twitter.” We…
Analyzing the Kaizen Improvements in Our Book “Healthcare Kaizen”
I went through our new book Healthcare Kaizen to categorize the different improvement examples in the book… We have, by my count, 124 examples from hospitals and healthcare organizations around the world., not including the fun examples from Chapter 12…
“Healthcare Kaizen” Now Shipping from CRCpress.com!
Great news from my publisher today – our new book Healthcare Kaizen is in stock at the CRC Press / Productivity Press warehouse and it’s shipping! They are sending out the pre-orders first, but should have enough copies for new…
KaiNexus Updates – White Paper and Customer Videos
I’ve been busy over the past year working with the startup KaiNexus. Our technology is now being used (or in the process of going live) in nine medical centers / health systems in the U.S. We have published our first…
Healthcare Kaizen: You Mean Everyone Isn’t Doing This?
I’ve done a number of radio interviews recently to talk about our soon-to-be-released book Healthcare Kaizen. I haven’t posted them all here, but check out this page for links to what is already been aired (MP3 files). In at least…
