Tag: Healthcare

Irony – When An Advocate for Healthcare “Transparency” Hides Who They...

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I received a tweet the other day from what appears to be a patient safety advocacy group. That's always great to see. However, I am...

Podcast #203 – Chris Jerry, Part 1, on the Death of...

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Listen My guest for Episode #203 (and for Part 2 of our discussion in episode #207) is Chris Jerry, founder of The Emily Jerry Foundation.  The...

Lean Healthcare Study Tour – Join Me in November 2014

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You might remember that I partnered with Kaizen Institute about two years ago to do their first "Lean Healthcare Study Tour" to Japan. I...

A Sad Story About “Lean” That Wasn’t Really Lean Management At...

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In March, I wrote a post titled "Is it Lean's Fault or the Old Management System's?" about how people's complains about Lean are actually...

Podcast #202 – Patrick Graupp, Training Within Industry (TWI) in Healthcare

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My guest today for Episode 202 is Patrick Graupp, co-author of the excellent book Getting to Standard Work in Health Care: Using TWI to...

Setting Lean Goals That Matter: An Introduction to SQDCM (Safety Quality...

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tl;dr: In this post, Mark discusses the SQDCM framework, which stands for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Morale. He examines how focusing on these...

Visiting Two Japanese Hospitals with an Eye for Lean; I Can’t...

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In November 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Japan for the first time as part of a Lean healthcare study mission. It was...

Cleaning out the Backlog: Krafcik, Email, Lincoln, Leadership, Humility, Patient Falls

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As I sometimes do, I'm going to close out a bunch of browser tabs and share some articles that caught my eye recently but...

Day 2 Notes: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014

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Today is the second and final day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag#HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from...

Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014

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Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others....

Video: Toyota Helps Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Their Eye Clinic

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California week on the blog continues after yesterday's post about Lean at San Francisco General Hospital. Today, I'm flying to Los Angeles to attend the...

Debate about Lean at SF General Hospital – Hire a Consultant...

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Happy June, everybody! Summer is here. We've actually had a delightfully long spring here in San Antonio, which means the temperature hasn't really been...
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