Tag: Healthcare

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At the hospital on Monday, a chaplain shared a Thanksgiving poem on the theme of being grateful. It struck a chord with me. As a Lean practitioner, it's easy to focus on the waste... the problems... the gaps. We think about what could be and the "ideal state." We strive for perfection and it's easy to lose site of what we have.

A question asked after a recent virtual keynote talk that I did for a health system on continuous improvement caught my attention: "What are your...

Back in 2009, my friend and KaiNexus co-founder Dr. Greg Jacobson and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center published an article that still...

In Lean circles, we talk a lot about leadership commitment. But it's not every day that a CEO puts their hair on the line...

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When Better Care Leads to Lower Costs: A Pharmacist-Driven Kaizen Story In healthcare, improvement initiatives often get derailed when they start with one primary question:...

I heard from two different people this past week--each working in very different hospitals. One message began with: "The hospital removed the wrong leg from a...

In 2014, Gregory Clancy and I co-authored an article about Allina Health's early Kaizen-based improvement journey. We told a story that felt both simple...

"I wish moments like this didn't seem so noteworthy. I wish focusing on safety and thanking people for speaking up was the norm in...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #534 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Dale Lucht, co-author of...

At first glance, it might look like a group of adults playing make-believe in a large garage. But what's happening at the Swiss Center...