Lean Whiskey #38: Toasting the U.S. Micro Whiskey of the Year (Glenns Creek OCD… Mark Graban Jan 20, 2023 0 Lean Whiskey Listen: What do you do when you are chosen as Jim Murray's US Micro Whiskey of the Year? You pop in!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
What Do Cars Have to Do With Healthcare? Mark Graban Jun 4, 2018 2 Blog Today, I'm giving a talk at the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) conference in Toronto. I was…
How NOT to Improve Patient Flow: Laws, Targets, Blame, and Threats Mark Graban Aug 28, 2017 4 Blog Let's start by stating the obvious: it sucks to wait 24 hours or more on a stretcher in an emergency department…
Dr. Don Berwick on Respect and Change at the Front Lines – and Executive… Mark Graban Jul 26, 2017 2 Blog Back in 2012, I blogged twice about aspects of Dr. Donald M. Berwick's 1989 article in the New England Journal of…
7 Barriers to Patient Safety According to Dr. Donald J. Berwick Mark Graban Jun 27, 2017 0 Blog Last month, I saw this article from the publication Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN), where they…
Doctors Bash Taylorism and Lean in the New England Journal of Medicine: Separating… Mark Graban Jan 13, 2016 61 Blog In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular…
Dr. Don Berwick is “Stunned” By How Few Organizations Study Deming Mark Graban Jan 7, 2016 11 Blog One of the first people in healthcare to be influenced by Deming’s work is Dr. Don Berwick, founder of the…
#Throwback Thursday: Creating the New American Hospital Mark Graban Mar 19, 2015 1 Audio Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
This Date in Lean Blog History: August 6 Mark Graban Aug 6, 2014 4 Blog My blog will turn 10 years old in February 2015. You're probably either thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" or "Get a!-->…
A Lean Thinker Watches the Documentary “Escape Fire” – A Review Mark Graban Nov 27, 2012 0 Blog Last week, while flying back from my trip to Japan, I watched a video that had been recommended to me a few times…
Dr. Berwick’s 1989 Advice on Making Kaizen Happen in Healthcare Mark Graban Aug 13, 2012 3 Blog Last week, I blogged about the 1989 New England Journal of Medicine article by Dr. Donald M. Berwick, "Continuous…
Dr. Donald Berwick – Ahead of his Time on Kaizen in 1989 Mark Graban Aug 6, 2012 8 Blog I've blogged before about Dr. Donald M. (Don) Berwick, the founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement!-->!-->!-->…
Berwick Steps Down as Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Mark Graban Nov 25, 2011 2 Blog This made news on Wednesday - Dr. Donald M. (Don) Berwick stepped down as CMS Administrator: "Harvard professor Don…
Collected Quality & Cost Results from Healthcare Value Network Members Mark Graban Jul 15, 2011 1 Blog I was at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value office a few months ago when Dr. John Toussaint reported that he…
Denver Health’s Lean Patient Safety Improvements on PBS’ NewsHour Mark Graban Jul 5, 2011 1 Blog On June 30, the PBS NewsHour program did a 7-minute story on healthcare improvement (featuring Lean and Toyota!-->…
Vote for Real Healthcare Leaders in Modern Healthcare’s “Most 100… Mark Graban Jun 4, 2011 0 Blog Vote for this year's "Modern Healthcare's Most 100 Influential" list. Click here. Sadly, Dr. John Toussaint is not…
Lean Blog Week in Review #4 – September 26, 2010 Mark Graban Sep 25, 2010 0 Blog Here is the latest in my "Week in Review" series for the week ending 9/26/10, featuring stories about a Toyota…
Berwick: Don’t Reduce Helpful Care, Don’t Expect Top-Down Solutions… Mark Graban Sep 23, 2010 9 Blog I was a supporter of Dr. Donald Berwick's nomination to head CMS (Medicare and Medicaid at a federal level) - not…