Tag: Healthcare

John Toussaint, M.D. - ProfileFrom the University of Iowa alumni site, here's a nice Q&A with one of the leading advocates for Lean in...

Running a hospital: Our Joint Commission Report The headline is my modification of a Deming expression, that management's job is prediction. Statistical process control was...

In support of the book I'm currently writing, I have created a comprehensive survey for hospitals about Lean practices and implementation.Click Here to take...

Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #29 features a very special guest, Dr. Sami Bahri, "The World's First Lean Dentist." If you're thinking, "What can I learn about lean...

'Surgery should be halted' to clear hospital backlog Sub-optimizing decisions are a fairly universal human behavior, regardless of the industry (or continent). Lean teaches us...

I recorded my Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, "The First Lean Dentist," last night. What a treat it has been to talk...

Fury Over 84 000 pound NHS Trip To Japan (from The Northern Echo)With apologies to the Got Boondoggle? lean blog, this story is about...

By Andrew Castle: Mark's note: Today's guest blogger is a friend of the blog and a consultant who does Lean work for the UK's...

APM Marketplace (Business/Economy radio)As you've read here, I'm trying to help get the word out that we should be not just focusing on access...

In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase "root cause" in two stories I've written about here:Preventable Medical Errors...

I'm very excited to announce that I will be recording a LeanBlog Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, the "First Lean Dentist," on Tuesday...

Parkland Hospital Deploys Galvanon's MediKiosk(TM) in the ER to Decrease Patient Wait Times It's been discussed here before, how hospitals are just as susceptible as...