Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series: Lean Healthcare Training, Certification Programs, and Workshops: Lean Enterprise Institute Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare (taught by Mark Graban) Other LEI Workshops ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value Workshops MIT LAI Lean Healthcare Academyâ„¢ University…
Part of the MoveToHealthcare.com series: Organizations that Promote Lean Healthcare Lean Enterprise Institute ThedaCare Center for Heathcare Value Healthcare Value Leaders Lean Enterprise Academy Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Health Service (UK) Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative Perfecting Patient Care Note:…
TRANSCRIPT: Obama’s Inaugural Address: I guess this is a “mashup” of sorts… between Dr. W. Edwards Deming and President Obama… The President said yesterday, in his inauguration speech: “We will … wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and…
It seems like all we’re hearing now is layoffs, layoffs, layoffs. This article reports that Danaher, considered by many to be the best Lean company outside of Toyota (with its famed Danaher Business System), is laying off employees. Danaher Corp (DHR,…
In this early Lean Blog Podcast episode, John Toussaint reflects on how culture change and collaborative care shaped ThedaCare’s healthcare transformation. Our guest for Episode #54 is John S. Toussaint, MD, the CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the…
With election day tomorrow (find your voting location here), I’m reminded of a radio ad I heard a while back and never blogged about. The ad promoted some website where you could record a 30 second message to be sent…
Children’s Hospital is going lean – The Business Journal of Milwaukee: Wisconsin is a state that seems to have a disproportionate amount of Lean activity (as does Iowa). There are many good Lean manufacturers and ThedaCare is often held up…
Health care fix a joint effort | Postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent: I’m happy to announce a future podcast with John Toussaint, release date TBD. If you have any questions for him about the Lean efforts at ThedaCare or his new…
Ariens Co. clears a path for 75 years | Appleton Post-Crescent Considering Ariens was an inspiration for one of the leading Lean hospitals (ThedaCare), that’s a huge contribution to the Lean world (and society, in general). This article doesn’t go…
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at a few events and forums this fall. The firm I work for will also be doing some events in Boston (September) and Dallas (November), so I hope to be able…
As I was researching and writing my book, I conducted an online survey (non-scientific) about hospitals and their experiences with Lean methods. I am going to be sharing some of the summary results, as well as some specific responses (keeping…
Again, the main site for my book is www.leanhospitalsbook.com. I have some exciting new endorsements, including from John Touissant. I’m thrilled he would be so generous after reading a preview copy: “Mark Graban’s book has documented what is now happening…
