Toyota Helps Children’s Health Dallas Reduce Some CLABSI Infections 75%
"Through a collaboration with Toyota, Children's HealthSM, the leading pediatric health system in North Texas,…
Live Blogging Day 1 of #HCSummit17 – #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit
I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California.
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Lessons Ford & the UAW Learned in Japan in 1981 Still Apply (Even in…
I continue sharing documents from the Don Ephlin library archive. What did Ford and the UAW learn when they visited…
Some Great #Lean Videos from the State of Washington (@ResultsWA) on Culture,…
Here are some recorded keynote talks and video presentations from the "Results Washington" annual conference, as…
“Practicing Lean” Excerpt: Lesa Nichols on Standardized Work &…
As I'm documenting in the comments here, the collaborative eBook Practicing Lean has now generated more than $1000 …
Lean is Not Just Process Improvement
In my travels, I often meet people or visit organizations that say something like: "We're doing Lean... we just…
“The New Lean Hospitals Are Here!”
Yesterday was an exciting day for me, professionally and personally, as I received my first copies of the 3rd…
#Lean: The Toyota Production System is Mainly About the Philosophy
There's a triangle diagram on the TSSC webpage that describes an "integrated system" that consists of: technical…
“Healthcare Kaizen” Videos from Franciscan St. Francis
In the videos, you’ll see staff and leaders talk bout “Kaizen” or continuous improvement. It’s powerful to see the…
How Failed Lean Implementations Are Like a Bad Home Theater System
Alternate title: “Lean is an Integrated System. Of Course Just Implementing Pieces Leads to Failure.” Throughout…
The Shared Interests & Goals of Lean and the Patient Safety Movement
Later today and tomorrow, I'll be attending the annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit that's…
Doctors Bash Taylorism and Lean in the New England Journal of Medicine: Separating…
In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular…
You Got Them to Do What? Getting a Hospital to Dedicate 16 Weeks of Staff Time to…
How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“?…
How is the “Toyota Effect” Helping Factories, Hospitals, and…
Toyota shared some compelling short films with me and I've written about three of them over on LinkedIn... As we…
“Practicing Lean:” Starting Out with Six Sigma
Today's post is an excerpt from the collaborative ebook project Practicing Lean. I wrote the first two chapters of…
Using Lean to Organize Hospital Closets… NPR Commenters Are Not Impressed
I saw this story when it originally appeared online as part of a local public radio station in California. It was…
Video: Toyota Helps Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Their Eye Clinic
California week on the blog continues after yesterday's post about Lean at San Francisco General Hospital.…
Video: Toyota Helps a NYC Food Bank & Hurricane Sandy Victims
Here's a video produced about some work that Toyota's TSSC did for a New York City food bank, applying…