Tag: Emergency Dept
Lean in a Canadian Emergency Department
Hospital News: Markham Stouffville Hospital makes 50 improvements to the emergency departmentHere's a news story that describes the beginning of a Lean journey in...
"Lean Building Techniques" for a Hospital?
SignOnSanDiego.com -- Skeptical councilmen now brag about hospital plansFrom the article about a planned hospital:The district hopes to reduce the figure to $983 million...
NHS 4-Hour ER Targets: What Happens When Hitting the Number Matters...
TL;DR: When leaders impose arbitrary targets without improving the underlying system, people will find ways to hit the number without helping the patient. The...
Using Lean Simulations to Spur Emergency Room Improvement
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Getting Lean in the EDHere is a story that includes examples of Lean improvements at Rockford Health System in Rockford,...
A Lean Hospital Story in Tennessee
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...
Suboptimizing an Australian ER
'Surgery should be halted' to clear hospital backlog
Sub-optimizing decisions are a fairly universal human behavior, regardless of the industry (or continent). Lean teaches us...
Press "1" If You’re Hurting in English…
Parkland Hospital Deploys Galvanon's MediKiosk(TM) in the ER to Decrease Patient Wait Times
It's been discussed here before, how hospitals are just as susceptible as...
A Fatally Broken ER
Woman dies in ER lobby as 911 refuses to helpClick here for a more positive ER story posted on the same day... a UK...
Lean, No Wait ER’s
U.S. hospitals try to pick up the ER pace
You might have seen this sad case of a fatally broken ER on the news over...
The Need for Lean Healthcare: ER
Portrait of an ER at the Breaking Point - Newsweek HealthHere is an incredibly sad case study of an Emergency Room that's a mess......
Moving the ER 10 Miles Away HELPS Flow?
The Cincinnati Post - St. E's plan for ER is uniqueThanks to blog reader Karthik for sending this my way. I've read the...
Overcrowded ER killing patients
Vancouver SunThe doctors are complaining publicly in Vancouver. It's a sad situation and I hate to nit pick or criticize."At least once daily,...
