By Dale Hershfield: I am fortunate to have recently transitioned into health care from outside the sector. As someone with lean and performance improvement expertise, I recognized opportunities in health care for both professional and personal growth. I’ve taken a…
Leanies of the World, Unite! TL;DR: Not everything labeled “Lean” is truly Lean–many worker complaints stem from L.A.M.E. (Lean As Misguidedly Executed), not the Toyota Production System itself. Real Lean is a management philosophy built on respect for people, problem…
Sacramento-area hospitals use simple ways to cut mistakes – Sacramento Bee This article has some great examples and an endorsement of the Lean mindset in healthcare without ever using the words “Lean” or “Toyota.” I call this the “Like Lean”…
Hospital CEOs manage staff time, inventory to cut costs – USATODAY.com It’s nice to see a major publication covering Lean and, especially, Lean in healthcare. This time, it was USA Today who, again, did a better job than the WSJ…
This is an old story, from May, that I’ve meant to write about for a while. Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of Management Budget wrote a piece in the WSJ about healthcare. He wrote: The good news is…
Area hospitals make strides in quality of care — Page 1 — Times Union – Albany NY The CEO of a health system in New York writes his local paper with reports of Lean success: Northeast Health has adopted a…
Yesterday’s WSJ front page headline caught my eye, as a frequent Starbucks customer and obvious Lean zealot: Latest Starbucks Buzzword: ‘Lean’ Japanese Techniques The headline is full bodied and complex brew that gives us a lot to chew on before…
Note: Welcome LEI visitors… you can check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org, as I hope you’ll come back. Here are some other recent posts: Where Did I Start With Lean? One Purple Audacious Goal Caution! Warning Signs in…
Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare – lean.org As part of my role with the Lean Enterprise Institute, I am developing a two-day intro course that’s designed for people in healthcare. The link to the course is above. You can…
I have always learned a lot from John Shook. As I’ve blogged about before, I’ve seen John present about TPS and management (leadership, really) a few times and probably learn more “insights per hour” than anyone else in the Lean…
Park Nicollet CEO to retire In the news story about CEO David Wessner’s retirement, one of the listed accomplishments is their use of Lean methods: Wessner, the first non-physician CEO at Park Nicollet, also brought Japanese-style lean manufacturing techniques to…
Lean Leap to Health Care #10 (click for Part #9) by Scott McDuffee In my first Leap to Health Care blog, I mentioned using a two-pronged industry approach of Health Care and Defense – patch ’em up and blow ’em…
