Tag: Healthcare

Lean Leap to Health Care #9 (Click for Part #8) by Scott McDuffee "I'm not sure if I have ever learned anything with my mouth open....

After watching and blogging about the first half of Oprah's medical errors show that featured the story of Dennis Quaid's kids, I finally got...

I had an epiphany the other day. It was one of those moments where I was pretty ashamed and was ready to turn in...

Hard times curtail Park Nicollet's ambition Minnesota's Park Nicollet health system is often held up as one of the leading "lean healthcare" examples in the...

By Dean Bliss:One of the big challenges we have as Lean people is to get beyond presentations, classes, and posters, and get to the...

Lean Leap to Health Care #8 (click for Part #7) by Scott McDuffee "When a baby is born, a pleasant chime can be heard throughout the...

Highlights from the History of Industrial Engineering and Healthcare: Part 1Wanted to share a link to an article I wrote recently for the Society...

I blogged recently about a radio ad from the Detroit Medical Center trumpeting their technology and patient safety efforts. In my further travels, I saw...

Toyota Is Tightening Its Belt - NYTimes.comThe words don't appear directly in the article, but the RSS blurb for this article (repeated in many...

I blogged earlier about the Obama administration's announcement that the healthcare industry is promising $2 Trillion in savings (reduced cost increases) over the next...

Lean Leap to Health Care #6 (click for Part #5) by Scott McDuffee "With this resume, you will never even get looked at from anyone...

Health-Care Providers Pledge to Try to Curb Costs - WSJ.com Industry reps offer $2 trillion in health savings You've likely seen headlines today about a meeting...