Tag: Doctor

Lean Healthcare Design Video Series – Part 2, Open Workspaces and...

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Here is Part 2 of our video discussion series about Lean Healthcare Design, featuring Miguel Burbano, an architect and Senior Vice President with The...

Las Vegas Paper Writes Series on Patient Safety Failings, Hospital Culture

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I found this lengthy series of articles from the Las Vegas Sun, published under the heading of  "Do No Harm: Hospital Care in...

Podcast #104 – Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), Lean in Histopathology

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Podcast #104 is a discussion with Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), a friend of mine and the Lean Blog the past few years. He wrote...

A Sad Report from an M.D. Friend, Overprocessing Driven by the...

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As I blogged about on Friday, I was back at my alma mater, Northwestern, for a football game this weekend-- well, actually, I was...

Sick Hospitals Visitors, Stay Away. Sick Doc? A-OK?

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There was an interesting blog post at the New York Times: "The Doctor Is In (but Shouldn't Be)." The piece talks about the healthcare...

What I Read and Commented On Yesterday in the Lean and...

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I was traveling yesterday, so I read a number of blog posts that I kept open in my browser for my flight. I wrote...

“Dr. Ideas” – Magazine Article Featuring John Toussaint

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In what looks like a badly Photoshopped cover - it's a real photo, I've confirmed - INSIGHT Magazine, a Wisconsin business publication, has an...

Great Interview with Dr. Richard Shannon on Lean / Toyota Methods

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Today, I'm linking to a fantastic interview and discussion between two luminaries in the patient safety world - Dr. Robert Wachter (read his blog)...

Weekend Fun: Depiction of the Lack of Hospital “5S”

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One wouldn't expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor "5S" practices on the show Family Guy - of course, depending...

ThedaCare, Lean, and Primary Care in the News

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ThedaCare, the health system in Wisconsin, often gets a lot of attention for the Lean improvements in their four hospitals, but they are also...

Doctor’s Office Raises Price Because They Can?

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A common theme I've written about from the start of my blogging days is the Lean/Toyota notion that price is dictated by the market...

Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Conference, Part 2 – His...

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Last week, I published Part 1 of my notes about a breakfast talk by Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Prize Conference. https://www.leanblog.org/2010/05/notes-from-dr-brent-james-at-the-shingo-prize-part-1/ One of the...