Tag: Healthcare

Since I talk about Dr. Deming a lot, I thought I'd take a little survey and gauge your exposure to Dr. W. Edwards Deming: I...

Yesterday, my blog post featured a YouTube video that Everett Clinic was kind enough to share with the world, showing their Daily Huddle process...

A key cultural aspect of Lean is the "daily huddle." Sure, this practice isn't exclusive to Lean, but it fits with the core concepts...

Updated: an embedded player with the recording my appearance can be found at the bottom of this post. I appeared on Steve Wilson's live internet...

Here's a great article with a number of quotes from William Considine, the CEO of Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio. The article, from the...

There are lots of places online where people can ask questions about Lean, such as the LEI forums and numerous LinkedIn groups. I saw...

One wouldn't expect to find a depiction of a hospital setting with poor "5S" practices on the show Family Guy - of course, depending...

It's nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post -- "Denver...

Hello, readers. How are you? Fantastic. The recent series of Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa have been a pop culture hit, especially on YouTube...

Hat tip to Helen Z. for finding this full-page print ad in the New York Times. The full ad appears below in this post,...

First off, there's nothing about "Lean" per se in this linked article from Quality Digest: "New York Pediatric ICU Ward Off Central-Line Infections for...

A blog reader sent me a link to this UK news article -- really, it's a lesson in statistical literacy, so thanks to the...