Hospital News: Markham Stouffville Hospital makes 50 improvements to the emergency department Here’s a news story that describes the beginning of a Lean journey in a Canadian hospital: The leadership team at Markham Stouffville Hospital turned to the LEAN methodology,…
SignOnSanDiego.com — Skeptical councilmen now brag about hospital plans From the article about a planned hospital: The district hopes to reduce the figure to $983 million over the next five years by delaying completion or only partly completing some buildings,…
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 problem isn’t the people — it’s the design. I’m here in the UK for work, and…
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Getting Lean in the ED Here is a story that includes examples of Lean improvements at Rockford Health System in Rockford, Illinois. “The simulation embodied the difference between a classroom lecture and a psycho-motor experience,” explains…
Memphis Daily News – Le Bonheur’s New Treatment-Speeding System Ups Productivity by 54 Percent – 12/11/2007 Here’s a news story about a hospital I know people from, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. I am have some examples of their in…
‘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 to look at “value streams” that go across departments and to view operations from a…
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 manufacturers are to the “Siren Song” of technology. This time, it appears Parkland Hospital (here…
Woman dies in ER lobby as 911 refuses to help Click here for a more positive ER story posted on the same day… a UK hospital that used Lean to reduce ER waiting time dramatically… read this and think about…
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 weekend and I have more comments on that later. On a more positive light,…
Portrait of an ER at the Breaking Point – Newsweek Health Here is an incredibly sad case study of an Emergency Room that’s a mess… as well as the hospital it is attached to. It’s overly simplistic to say “the…
The Cincinnati Post – St. E’s plan for ER is unique Thanks to blog reader Karthik for sending this my way. I’ve read the article three times looking for something positive to say and am still struggling. The headline says…
Vancouver Sun The doctors are complaining publicly in Vancouver. It’s a sad situation and I hate to nit pick or criticize. “At least once daily, during a peak in patient load, ‘the Emergency Department cannot handle the influx and has…
