Back in 2011, I asked for and received some great input from readers about updating a chapter for the second edition of my book Lean Hospitals on “A Vision for Lean Hospitals.” A lot has changed in the healthcare environment over four…
John Toussaint explains why Lean healthcare transformation succeeds only when leaders change how they lead–not just what tools they use. Joining me once again on the podcast today is John Toussaint, MD, the founder and CEO of the ThedaCare Center…
I have been going through some old papers recently and I found two sheets of paper with hand-written thoughts or “truisms” that I had scribbled down in early 2002. The word truism, it turns out, doesn’t mean “true” so much as…
Healthcare has become very politicized in the U.S. (and in Canada and other countries). I think the patient safety crisis (and trying to solve it) is something that should be a non-partisan issue. Neither party wants patients to die from…
Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others. I will be adding updates to this post during the day, as well. These are not…
I’m a bit of a counter-culturalist when it comes to the hype about Super Bowl commercials being entertainment and being something we “have to watch” or “have to discuss at the water cooler.” Bah, I don’t pay attention to most…
When I started blogging here in 2005, I was still about six months away from my transition from “lean manufacturing” to “lean healthcare.” It was mind boggling and disturbing to me to learn about the healthcare quality and patient safety…
Here’s an excellent commentary by Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health: “In The Race For ‘Fanciest Hospital In Town,’ Patient Safety Loses Out.” Dr. Jha argues that hospitals glad spend millions of…
Welcome to the landing page for my podcasts with CEOs and former CEOs from various industries. Click here for the most updated list of CEO podcasts, which will be updated automatically over time. Click here for the LeanBlog Podcast…
Listen It’s great to have Dr. John Toussaint back for episode #184 of the podcast (see links to previous episodes below). He is, of course, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and the author of two Shingo Award-winning…
It was a real thrill to be able to meet Paul O’Neill in person yesterday at the Summit (he was my guest for Podcast #124). His powerful message about leadership and patient safety was well received by the audience. Below…
Things are underway at the 2013 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. We have 600 attendees from 39 states and 8 countries. I will be tweeting, as will others, at the hashtag #HCsummit13. John Toussaint, MD will be doing his keynote at…
