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Freeport woman sues hospital after biopsy mix-up This is really discouraging to see yet another serious specimen labeling mishap in a pathology department that’s led to the good news / bad news situation that we’ve read about before: Good News:…
I am at the Ontario Hospital Association ‘HealthAchieve’ meeting (giving a talk on Lean Healthcare later on). I saw Dr. Sanjay Gupta present this morning and will post a few notes about his talk – not about “Lean” but there…
Welcome to what was originally the “LeanBlog Video Podcast” main page. This is a series of video interviews with Lean thought leaders and authors. It’s no longer a podcast… it’s a series of YouTube videos now. Click here for the…
Six Best Practice Elements of ThedaCare’s Collaborative Care Model Here’s an article from Becker’s Hospital Review about the six best practices of Lean-based Collaborative Care at Thedacare. This is the same model that was featured a few months back on…
by Dan Markovitz I took this picture of a UPS truck recently in NYC. (The orange signs say “SAFETY.”) At first I thought, “Great! UPS management cares about safety for its drivers. Terrific!” But then I looked at the signs…
Patrick Hagan: Waste Not, Want Not: The Key to Reducing Costs – washingtonpost.com Here is an outstanding piece from the President & Chief Operating Officer of Seattle Children’s Hospital, Pat Hagan. Coincidentally, I just recorded a podcast today with Joan…
Ah, what a day yesterday. You’d think getting from Boston to Philadelphia would be easy. I’m here, teaching my “Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare” workshop for the first time for LEI. I got to Logan a little before 1…
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”…
I was fortunate to be in England for five days last week. I saw the “gemba” at five hospitals in three days and attended the Lean Enterprise Academy Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit on Friday. One thing I was taking pictures…
IVF baby given to wrong woman – as couple’s last embryo was aborted | Mail Online This was front-page news in one of the UK papers that I read coming back from The Netherlands on Sunday. Coincidentally, I briefly saw…
After watching and blogging about the first half of Oprah’s medical errors show that featured the story of Dennis Quaid’s kids, I finally got into the second half. The first story is that of Molly (left), a woman who was…