Tag: Healthcare
Fire Fighting vs. Root Cause Problem Solving
Below is some of the text from edition #3 of the newsletter from my upcoming book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee...
"Just In Time Patients??"
Medical Leave -- Offshore Medicine -- Fast CompanyInteresting read here in the latest issue of Fast Company about a hospital in Thailand and...
Nursing Shortage Easing?
Slowdown's Side Effect: More Nurses - WSJ.com:Not a Lean article, but a major issue for hospitals is a shortage of nurses. With the economy...
The Power of Asking "Why?"
reportonbusiness.com: Asking 'why' again and again is harder than you think, but it works
It's kind of neat to see a column about the "5...
"Loving Lean" is Way Better Than "Lean and Mean"
Health Care: Loving Lean -- Seattle Business MonthlyIt's so nice to see a Lean overview article, yet alone Lean healthcare, that doesn't use the...
Paying for Hospital Activity
B.C. considers radical shift in hospital funding, based on patients treatedThis is something that I just recently learned about the Canadian health system --...
The Shift from Factories to Hospitals
Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In - WSJIt's inevitable -- as manufacturing jobs decline and our population ages, more people will shift from manufacturing jobs...
Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 2
Star-Telegram.com: | 04/28/2008 | Trapped in a waiting game at JPSUpdate: For those who didn't catch the update to Monday's post, it was announced...
Error Proofing Vs. “Be Careful” – Which is More Effective?
Why do you need a "be careful" warning message when you've already error proofed something? For liability's sake?
I am going to be flying back...
Updated: Problems at JPS Hospital, Part 1
Update 5/1/08: The CEO is being forced out, "retiring" in SeptemberStar-Telegram.com: | 04/27/2008 | JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingSecondary article...
Trouble in a Fort Worth Hospital
JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growingThis linked article is a preview of what I'll be blogging about next. I'm trying an...
Meeting Norman Bodek for the First Time; Healthcare and Mistakes
Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Norman Bodek in person for the first time. After all of our podcasts and...
