Tag: Healthcare

Generally, with the term "lean," it's easy for people to leap to a conclusion that Lean equals layoffs. This is often the fear in...

This is a companion post to yesterday's "3 Reasons the General Public Thinks Hospitals Can't Improve." Lean zealots often take for granted that, not...

Lean thinkers see the waste in healthcare when they are at the hospital "gemba". I think this is true whether you are a Lean...

Join the co-authors of the book "On the Mend: Revolutionizing Healthcare to Save Lives and Transform the Industry", John Toussaint MD and Roger Gerard...

One of the things I get frustrated with is people who want to take shortcuts with Lean. There are some who are only interested...

Recently, I posted a video of a "daily huddle" meeting at Everett Clinic (not exactly the type of huddle pictured at left). Yesterday, in...

Today's post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare Americas. Before joining GE, he was most...

A number of readers emailed me a link to this New York Times article: "U.S. Inaction Lets Look-Alike Tubes Kill Patients." The headline emphasizes...

Here is a nice little (under 2 minutes) news video from New Zealand talking about one hospital (in Auckland) and their implementation of the...

I'm currently in Minneapolis, where today is Day 2 of our Healthcare Value Leaders Network "Gemba Visit" to Park Nicollet (read more about these...

Here are a few events I'll be a part of in the next few months, maybe I'll see you there: Cindy Jimmerson's "Big Sky" Lean...

Many of you may know of Paul O'Neill for the dramatic employee safety improvements at aluminum maker Alcoa and you may know of him...