Tag: Healthcare

Behind the Numbers: A Startling Look at Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety,...

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In this post, Mark compiles a range of eye-opening statistics about healthcare quality, patient safety, and medical errors. Acting as a repository of data,...

Enhancing Patient Care with Lean Principles: The Chugachmiut Story in Alaska...

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LeanBlog Podcast Episode #71 is part two of a conversation with Patrick Anderson, the Executive Director of Chugachmiut, the Tribal consortium created to promote...

BREAKING: Big Expose Coming on Medical Errors and Deaths

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Hearst Press Release August 09, 2009This will be developing over the next few days. The Hearst newspaper chain has done a huge expose of...

CNN Video on Lean Methods and Infection Control

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Health care's infectious loss - Video - Business News Short post for today - but an important one. Here's a great video from CNN last...

Podcast Tables Turned on Mark

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In my Podcasts, I normally let me guests do most of the talking. But I was invited by Joe Dager, of the Business901 Podcasts,...

University of Michigan Health System and Lean

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University of Michigan looks to lean principles for system-wide improvements - MLive.comHere is some positive news coming out of my home state of Michigan......

What is Group Health Doing about Waste in Healthcare? A Lot!

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2008 Annual Report: Reducing Waste I had a great visit with Group Health in Seattle on Monday, they are doing some great work with Lean...

Swarming for Improvement

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As we study the processes we use to do our work, we see opportunities that we may not have even considered before we learned...

More Restaurant Automation – Automating Waste?

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YouTube - Automated Bagel Slicer Right after I posted this link with the Yo! Sushi video last week, I went out to run some errands. I...

Value Stream Mapping in Healthcare – Does it Differ?

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A reader, Dan, asked a great question on the MoveToHealthcare.ning.com site (since closed), re-used here with his permission: I recently attended a 2-day Lean Healthcare...

National Patient Safety Day – Clarity in the Meaning

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Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Supports 'National Patient Safety Day' - Press Releases - CNBC.comI was walking through Boston Common this morning and saw a...

Article about Lean in Canadian Cataract Surgery and More

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A clear vision for better health care - The Globe and MailThis is an article about Lean improvements in the British Columbia health system,...
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