Tag: Doctor

Mindless Government Bureaucracy Puts a Halt to Hospital Checklists

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A Lifesaving Checklist - New York TimesA number of you have emailed me, yes I'm aware of this horrible, ridiculous development that followed earlier...

A Lean Hospital Story in Tennessee

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Memphis Daily News - Le Bonheur's New Treatment-Speeding System Ups Productivity by 54 Percent - 12/11/2007Here's a news story about a hospital I know...

Checklists and Standardized Work in Patient Care

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New Yorker - Dr. Atul GawandeHere is an outstanding piece by one of my favorite medical writers, on the use of checklists (a form...

The Need for Clean Hospitals

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Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...

Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2

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Here is a follow up to Part 1 of the recent Q&A I've facilitated with our friend, Dr. Bahri. Thanks to the blog...

My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 3

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Click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of the series of posts about my visit to Dr. Sami Bahri, the "World's First Lean...

Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 1

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Thanks again to Dr. Sami Bahri for hosting me last week. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 of my visit report, stay...

My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 2

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Last Thursday, I had such an enjoyable visit to Dr. Sami Bahri's office. I was very impressed with the "Lean spirit" of Dr. Bahri...

My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 1

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Here is a photo of me and Dr. Sami Bahri, the World's First Lean Dentist. I spent the afternoon at his office, observing...

Visiting the Lean Dentist

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I've been fortunate to be attending a healthcare related event in Jacksonville FL this week and I've had the chance to meet Dr. Sami...

Your Dermatologist Might Not be FIFO

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Patients get appointments for Botox faster than for moles: studyYou might expect that a doctor's office either takes appointments in terms of:FIFO (first into...

Profile of ThedaCare’s CEO

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John Toussaint, M.D. - ProfileFrom the University of Iowa alumni site, here's a nice Q&A with one of the leading advocates for Lean in...