Reducing Waste to Make Up for Higher Material Costs — Lessons from Texas BBQ Mark Graban Mar 10, 2022 0 Blog As somebody who moved to Texas in 1999 ("I wasn't born here, but I got here as quick as I could"), I love Texas!-->…
A Lean Healthcare Job Interview Process: Thoughts and Reflections Sam Selay Aug 20, 2018 8 Blog Mark's Note: I asked my firiend Sam Selay to write a blog post on this topic after some private discussions that we…
Texas Hospital Saves Money Occasionally With Lean Six Sigma… But Can Do… Mark Graban Sep 20, 2017 2 Blog I saw this headline the other day about University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas: "UMC finds savings through…
Improving Safety & Quality Matters, but a $54 Million Cost Savings Makes for… Mark Graban Jan 26, 2017 2 Audio I saw this article a few days ago in one of the larger healthcare industry trade publications: How One Woman Saved…
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009 Mark Graban Dec 15, 2016 2 Audio I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online: "Keen to Be Lean" The sub headline talks…
Doctors Get Upset With Being Pushed, Bad Leadership, Clumsy Incentives; Try to… Mark Graban Feb 15, 2016 14 Blog A few weeks back, a number of you sent me this article from the New York Times: "Doctors Unionize to Resist the…
Where Do Hospitals Get the Idea that Lean is Only About Cost Reduction? Mark Graban Jan 12, 2016 29 Audio It's very frustrating when I hear people in healthcare complain that their hospital or health system has equated…
“Practicing Lean:” Starting Out with Six Sigma Mark Graban Sep 14, 2015 5 Blog Today's post is an excerpt from the collaborative ebook project Practicing Lean. I wrote the first two chapters of…
Dr. Atul Gawande’s Article on Reducing the Waste of Unnecessary Healthcare Mark Graban May 5, 2015 7 Blog I've been a big fan of Dr. Atul Gawande's writing for a long time (see previous posts about him and his work).…
The “Productivity Paradox” of Healthcare IT and the ROI Paradox of… Mark Graban Feb 6, 2015 12 Blog I've been reading a preview copy of the upcoming book (due out in April) by Dr. Bob Wachter, The Digital Doctor.…
Why “More Nurses” Isn’t the Best Way to Solve What Ails… Mark Graban Aug 21, 2014 21 Best There are certainly many serious problems in healthcare. Let's look at nursing, in particular. It's a rewarding…
Report to President Obama Endorses Lean & Systems Engineering in Healthcare Mark Graban Jul 21, 2014 0 Blog I recently saw a tweet that referenced a May 2014 that was sent to President Obama and his administration: "Report…
Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014 Mark Graban Jun 4, 2014 1 Blog Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with …
What I’m Reading 12/30/13: GM’s CEO, Human Error, Costing, and Really… Mark Graban Dec 30, 2013 0 Blog To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe…
And Here’s Why I’m Cynical about “Lean Government” Mark Graban Oct 17, 2013 9 Blog One of the big arguments given for "Lean Government" efforts are the cost savings that are generated by…
ThedaCare Featured by TIME as a “Real Face of Healthcare Reform” Mark Graban Oct 10, 2013 0 Blog It was great to see this TIME story (which I think is only available online), by Rick Wartzman of the Drucker!-->!-->!-->…
Stuff I’m Reading – June 14, 2013: Sleepy Banker, Concerned Workers,… Mark Graban Jun 14, 2013 3 Blog It's again time to close some browser tabs and clear out the backlog of articles I've wanted to share but maybe…
Notes and References from my #LKNA13 Talk on Lean Healthcare Mark Graban May 1, 2013 0 Blog I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different "tribe" to be a…