Tag: Healthcare

Some great thoughts for Thanksgiving Day from Quint Studer, ideas that could apply to any organization, not just in healthcare.Quint's Blog: The Grateful Workplace:...

VIBCO VIBRATORS: VIBCO Vibrators Lean Healthcare Discussion on December 1, 2009Come join me and our hosts from VIBCO if you're in the Rhode Island...

NE Fla. health care providers cut waste - Jacksonville Business Journal:Here's a nice upbeat article about some lean healthcare progress in Jacksonville, including our...

We had some local Boston news about hospitals reducing infection rates, including dangerous blood stream infections that result from central lines. Several academic medical centers...

amednews: Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown :: Nov. 16, 2009 ... American Medical News One of the two pillars of...

CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Sanjay GuptaI had a very full, interesting week - giving a well-received talk about Lean Healthcare at the Ontario...

Expert's Corner: Lean Enterprise Institute's Mark Graban : Industry Market TrendsSorry, no real post today (just returned from three busy days with Lean Healthcare...

Freeport woman sues hospital after biopsy mix-up This is really discouraging to see yet another serious specimen labeling mishap in a pathology department that's led...

Lean... and saving green - Materials Management in Healthcare Mag Here's an article in a healthcare trade publication that features the Lean improvements from two...

Effective Preventive Care Crucial : NPRLean thinkers, especially in manufacturing, know about TPM, aka Total Productive Maintenance. It becomes intuitive to a lean thinker...

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: scientific management in the operating room I sprung $20 for this healthcare journal article about the Gilbreths, thought I'd share a...

If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It - NYTimes.com About 10 people sent me this article via the...