Doctor takes pulse of Lutheran Health | The Journal Gazette: Here’s an article about Dr. Mike Schatzlein, Chief executive officer for Lutheran Health Network and Dupont Hospital, in Indiana. “Schatzlein believes “lean engineering” – like that employed by manufacturers to…
CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal – Topeka Hallmark to absorb work Is there a Hallmark card that says, “Sorry you lost your job?” They do, sort of. When companies use Lean, it’s not uncommon to find extra capacity through efficiency…
B.C. considers radical shift in hospital funding, based on patients treated This is something that I just recently learned about the Canadian health system — you don’t get paid more (as a hospital) for treating more patients. That’s really shocking,…
Auto industry process revs up efficiency No, not a hospital for moose — a hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Five Hills Health Region is revving up speed in providing mental health services and lab tests for patients —…
Roger Penske adds the Smart car to his $17B empire – Oct. 5, 2007 Good article here about businessman Roger Penske. I didn’t realize that he once passed up the chance to succeed Iaccoca at Chrysler. Back in 1992, Chrysler’s…
APM Marketplace (Business/Economy radio) As you’ve read here, I’m trying to help get the word out that we should be not just focusing on access to care, but also focusing on quality of care — preventable medical mistakes. I think…
Value-Stream Improvement for the Office and Services The Lean Enterprise Institute is giving a free webinar on August 2nd, featuring a hospital that presented at the First Global Lean Healthcare Summit, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. This webinar…
What are your thoughts? I wrote last week about my thoughts and hopes for the movie “SiCKO”. I’ve actually seen the film now. I won’t go into the details of how I managed to see it without any money flowing…
I’ve been asked a few times by blog readers about the movie “Sicko” since I work in the healthcare world. It opens tomorrow in the U.S. I haven’t paid for a Michael Moore movie since “Roger and Me,” a movie…
Hello from the Global Lean Healthcare Summit in Warwickshire, England. It is amazing how truly global this movement is, as tonight I met or saw name badges of people from the US, Canada, UK, Italy, Denmark, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands,…
Intelligent Design: Cellphones Are Kryptonite To Nissan’s I-Key – Consumerist I previously had trouble with my Prius key flying out at me (which I’ve gotten better with, it hasn’t flown out at me since I wrote that post). What I’ve…
globeandmail.com: Private sector health care: Think quality, regulation I don’t think healthcare and quality is a “Private vs. Public” debate. As we’ll inevitably have debate during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, I think it’s important to keep quality in mind…
