Tag: Healthcare
Podcast #342 – Adam Ward on Lean Design in Healthcare
My guest for Episode #342 of the podcast is Adam Ward, the author of Lean Design in Healthcare: A Journey to Improve Quality and...
Challenging Outdated Practices: The Conflict Between Evidence and Habit in Lean...
tl;dr: In this post, Mark explores the tension between traditional habits and current scientific evidence in Lean management practices. He delves into how old...
Podcast #341 – Dr. Rob Hackett (@patientsafe3) on #TheatreCapChallenge &...
My guest for Episode #341 of the podcast is Dr. Rob Hackett, an anaesthesiologist in Sydney, Australia. Rob has become known around the world...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 10, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
A group of Winnipeg physicians is opening a clinic designed to treat non-emergent patients in an effort to reduce Emergency...
Family Guy Skewers Marie Kondo (and 5S and Lean too?)
I haven't read it, but Marie Kondo's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing has been a...
A Hospital CEO Who Wants Other CEOs to “Give a Damn”...
Here's an interesting column from Becker's Hospital Review, written by Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health.
I'm guessing he created the headline, since the...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 26, 2019
Ryan and I are co-sponsoring a workshop that I'll be presenting on "Measures of Success" in Winnipeg on May 10. Learn more.
Healthcare - Creating...
Remembering Louise Batz’s Tragic Death From Medical Error 10 Years Later
Mark's note: This post is reprinted from an email from Laura Batz Townsend, the CEO of the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. I...
Podcast #340 – @JoyFurnival, Lean in NHS England
Joining me for Episode #340 of the podcast is Dr. Joy Furnival CEng MIET, an experienced senior NHS manager, improvement leader, and chartered engineer....
The CEO Leading the Culture Change at ZSFGH
Yesterday, I blogged about a CNO who was changing the culture at a hospital away from blaming individual nurses for system problems. The HealthLeaders...
A Lean Guy Reads “Health Leaders” on Nursing Retention and Leadership
Here's the latest in an occasional ongoing series I call "A Lean Guy Reads ________".
Today, I'm reading the latest issue of Health Leaders...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 12, 2019
Ryan and I are co-sponsoring a workshop that I'll be presenting on "Measures of Success" in Winnipeg on May 10. Learn more.
Healthcare - Creating...