Tag: Healthcare

I'm happy to announce that I will be speaking at a few events and forums this fall. The firm I work for will also...

Modern Healthcare Online ($$) | Fierce Healthcare (free)For those not in healthcare, the Joint Commission is a non-profit hospital accreditation organization. You might remember...

SignOnSanDiego.com -- Skeptical councilmen now brag about hospital plansFrom the article about a planned hospital:The district hopes to reduce the figure to $983 million...

The Lean Hospital The Hospitalist is a publication for physicians who practice "hospital medicine." I had a chance to be interviewed for what turned out...

PodcasterNews - Better Process Podcast - Industry Report Mark Graban LeanHospitalsBook.comOK, this is turning into a highly promotional week for my book, hope that's...

Lean Thinking Network | Competing Podcast » Archive » Competing Mark GrabanThanks to Dwight Bowen for having me as a guest on...

Why I Work In Healthcare | DailyKaizenHere's a great one to end the day on... Lee Fried has a powerful post over on the...

WHO Proposes Checklist to Reduce Surgery Errors : NPR A surgical revolution: checklist that could prevent thousands of deaths Thanks to long-time readers Chet and Andrew...

From Modern Healthcare (link no longer available), Tom Peters throws a few verbal bombs at the healthcare industry: Quality gains needn't be costly, Peters tells...

I'm a proud member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and their sub-organization the Society for Health Systems. I try to contribute to the...

Leading article: Infected by political calculationThis isn't a "Lean" story, per se, but it still caught my eye. Hospital-acquired infections are a major problem...

Follow Royal's example on waiting lists, hospitals told - Liverpool Daily Post.co.ukNice story from here in the UK (where I am right now), about...