Tag: Healthcare

The other day, I was reading the latest issue of Esquire magazine, with an interview with the famed actor Robert De Niro. One thing he...

Here is a new reader question from Steve Palmreuter in Michigan. He raises a topic that I've been thinking about lately, so I'm happy...

I received a question from a reader, a retiree from a manufacturing company who is now a volunteer for a healthcare organization. We have...

Following up my notes from Day 1, I'm sharing my notes from the second full day I attended on Wednesday, December 8 2010. Here, in...

This is just my second time attending the annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum - one of about 6,000 medical professionals, leaders, and...

I was recently invited by SixSigmaIQ.com to participate by giving a response to the question "How to beat the mid-project blues?" - looking at...

Here is a new reader question, shared with permission (as always). The reader, who works at a hospital and health system, was asked by a...

I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience, and...

I've written occasionally about Lean efforts in government (see a list of posts here). There are formal Lean government efforts at varying levels of...

Here's a video produced by Jim Handyside, embedded here with his permission. More inspirational than educational, there are still some concepts related to Lean...

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

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