Tag: Healthcare

In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew Resource Management," as written about in...

Episode #86 is a conversation with David Lawrence Sundahl, PhD, Managing Director of Rule 4 Consulting. They are a firm that works with healthcare...

Today, I'll simply point you to a blog post by Mitch Ditkoff called "Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating." Many, if not all...

Those who follow Lean healthcare know that Virginia Mason Medical Center, in Seattle, is one of the world's leaders in improving care through Lean...

I will try to be careful with this topic, since I'm obviously not a doctor. Criticism of doctors gets thrown around pretty easily around...

Hat tip to my friend Jack for pointing out these short videos from the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) that they call "Teachable Moments." The...

I had the opportunity to finally meet "e-Patient Dave" at the HIMSS conference about 10 days ago, where he spoke on the topic of...

Last July, I was fortunate to be invited to give a guest lecture at the MIT EdNet / Lean Advancement  Initiative's  Lean Healthcare Academy. Here...

Here's one to ponder and comment on - does putting a pharmacist in jail for six months and ruining his career and life do...

The final keynote talk at the recent Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare conference was given by Dr. Barry Silbaugh, a former hospital...

After two visits and gemba walks, I've become a big fan of the Lean work that's taking place at VIBCO, a manufacturer in Rhode...

I'm about conferenced out! First was the excellent SHS/ASQ conference on healthcare operations improvement (read my posts), then the HIMSS conference focused on heathcare...