Tag: Healthcare

This is compelling video (scroll down), radio and TV talk show host Glenn Beck, talking about his surgery gone "horribly awry" and how "phenomenally...

Memphis Daily News - Le Bonheur's New Treatment-Speeding System Ups Productivity by 54 Percent - 12/11/2007Here's a news story about a hospital I know...

TWI BlogThanks to Bryan for sending this along. The link above is to his site, which has a link to a PDF file that...

Blundering hospitals 'kill 40,000 a year' - Britain - Times Online:Ah, gaming the numbers... everyone's favorite pastime. It certainly is here in the State,...

New Yorker - Dr. Atul GawandeHere is an outstanding piece by one of my favorite medical writers, on the use of checklists (a form...

If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and others). Quaid and his wife are now...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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