You might remember the hubbub (and my earlier blog post) about this article that somehow appeared in the NEJM:…

In the midst of the discussion about the NEJM article, John Shook of LEI (a former Toyota employee) pointed me to…

In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular…

Updated 11/17/08 10 PM central If you have WSJ access, check out today's article "Stores Count Seconds to Trim…

Last month, I saw this article from the publication Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN), where they…

It's been 10 years since I first wrote about my awkward acronym L.A.M.E. Is it helpful to distinguish between true…

You might remember the hubbub (a kerfuffle?) over the NEJM opinion piece written by Dr. Jerome Groopman and Dr.…

Thanks everybody for reading my blog here in 2016! It's been an interesting year and I appreciate you…

Today's the first day of the two-day Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, an annual event that's being held this…

Now, there’s a story written by an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Brad Cotton, that appears in a publication…

Thanks to my Amazon Kindle app on my iPad, I get to carry much of my book collection with me. Sometimes, while…

Regular readers will remember my post about the New England Journal of Medicine piece on Lean by Pamela Hartzband,…

Episode #246 is my second episode in recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week. My guest is Steve…

I generally avoid politics here on the blog... In October, I broached the subject when I blogged about a company…

Dr. Gary Kaplan is the CEO of Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center, considered one of the world leaders in the…

A few weeks back, a number of you sent me this article from the New York Times: "Doctors Unionize to Resist the…

Later today and tomorrow, I'll be attending the annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit that's…

I learned about this the other today via Twitter (hat tip to @agile_memes), but today is "World No Resources Day"…