Tag: Healthcare

Medical treatment takes 'lean' tackHere's a great Lean healthcare overview, a news story that appeared in the Chicago Tribune last month about a hospital...

Patients get appointments for Botox faster than for moles: studyYou might expect that a doctor's office either takes appointments in terms of:FIFO (first into...

The News-Gazette.com:Christie campaign has its seed in Toyota production systemHere's another link to a story about Lean progress in a hospital, this time in...

Clinton gets close-up glimpse of nurse's life - USATODAY.comIt's probably all just political posturing, but Hillary Clinton recently spent two hours shadowing and observing...

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...