How NOT to Improve Patient Flow: Laws, Targets, Blame, and Threats
Let's start by stating the obvious: it sucks to wait 24 hours or more on a stretcher in an emergency department…
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Dr. Don Berwick on Respect and Change at the Front Lines – and Executive…
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
Last month, I saw this article from the publication Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN), where they…
Doctors Bash “Taylorism” and “Toyota Lean” in the New…
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
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
Today's Throwback Thursday is a look back at a 1993 book that I purchased in 2011 on somebody's recommendation. It…
This Date in Lean Blog History: August 6
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
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
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
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
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
I was at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value office a few months ago when Dr. John Toussaint reported…
Denver Health’s Lean Patient Safety Improvements on PBS’ NewsHour
On June 30, the PBS NewsHour program did a 7-minute story on healthcare improvement (featuring Lean and Toyota…
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Sadly, Dr. John Toussaint is…
Lean Blog Week in Review #4 – September 26, 2010
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…
I was a supporter of Dr. Donald Berwick's nomination to head CMS (Medicare and Medicaid at a federal level) - not…
Lean Healthcare at Denver Health is Front-Page News
It's nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post --…
Two Extreme Sides to Every Story in Politics *and* Lean??
This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at…