Tag: Healthcare

Systems in Place to Prevent These Medication Errors? Seems Not…

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A few weeks ago, I saw a horrific story about a retail pharmacy error in the article "Pharmacy Mistakenly Gives Pregnant Woman Abortion Pill."...

Enough with the Factory Bashing, Please – Healthcare Professionals and WIRED...

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Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...

“Project Search,” Lean, Cincinnati Children’s, and Respect for People

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I had the most amazing morning a few weeks ago when I was in Cincinnati for the TechSolve lean healthcare event. Thanks to...

Best “Back of a Business Card” Ever, Seen at #HIMSS

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I was at the annual HIMSS  Conference yesterday, as a guest of the software company FormFast, giving short 10-minute talks about Lean Healthcare...

Living in Your Customers’ Shoes – Airport Car Rentals & Lessons...

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This might seem like a random topic, but what the heck, it's a Friday. I arrived in Orlando yesterday for the  Society for Health...

Presenting Lab Test Results in a More Visual Way – Lessons...

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Today's post isn't strictly about Lean, but I was reminded by a reader to mention something really cool that I saw in Wired Magazine...

Toyota’s Video Showing How TPS Helps Healthcare; Recent NASA Report Exonerates...

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Toyota has produced a series of videos that show how their innovations, technology and otherwise, have benefitted people outside of automobiles. One video that caught...

Texas Snow Days Expose the Gaming of Standardized Tests

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As you might have heard, considering all of the Super Bowl media hype from here in North Texas, our weather has been pretty bad....

Naida Grunden, A Discussion About Lean, Aviation Safety, Captain Sullenberger, and...

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Listen: Episode #112 is a chat with Naida Grunden, the author of the outstanding book The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Using...

10 Key Lean Mindsets for Healthcare

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I really enjoyed having the chance to be in Cincinnati yesterday to participate in a Lean Healthcare workshop put on by TechSolve, a non-profit...

Lean Methods to Improve Cardiac Surgery Featured in Annals of Thoracic...

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Hat tip to my friend and fellow Productivity Press author Naida Grunden for pointing out an article she is a co-author on, "Improving Patient...

Coach Vince Lombardi on Striving for Perfection

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I apologize to those of you who aren't fans of American football... but in keeping with the Super Bowl theme, I found this Vince...
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