Tag: Healthcare

Follow Ups to BIDMC

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If you've been following any of the posts about healthcare, here are a few interesting follow ups.Following up on this post about Boston's Beth...

The Need for Clean Hospitals

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Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...

My At-Home Medical Mistake: Taking the Wrong Version of Day /...

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I'm a bit mad at myself for inflicting some preventable human error on myself last night. It's OK, I didn't harm myself, but let...

The Need for Lean at BIDMC

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I read Paul Levy's blog every chance I get. He is the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Although...

Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare

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IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Print Version)Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei...

Operational Solutions instead of Political Solutions

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A new design for healthcare delivery - The Boston Globe Good column here from Steve Spear (of "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System"...

Adverse Drug Events and Harm in Hospitals – Follow Up on...

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Here are some follow-up articles, quotes, and data following up on the news from the other day that Dennis Quaid's twins were impacted by...

Updated: How Often Must the Same Mistake Be Repeated?

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Dennis Quaid's newborns reportedly harmed by medical mix-up - Los Angeles Times (Updated 4:57 PM, again at 9:51 PM, see bottom of post) If this story...

“You’re the Time Study Man”

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I have a funny story from earlier this week. I was doing some process observation with nurses at a hospital, helping them identify waste...

From the "Far East" to Scotland’s Hospitals

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Scotsman.com News - Health - NHS Lothian looks to Far East for ideasHere's another good example of Lean progress in the UK. In...

Hospital Safety, Quality and Advertising

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I was wondering the other day about hospital advertising that you might see in your community (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads). With the focus...

"Heightened Vigilance" is Not Enough

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The Sun Chronicle Online - OpinionA medical error was in the news this week, a teacher was mistakenly given an insulin shot instead of...
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