Tag: Healthcare

Press "1" If You’re Hurting in English…

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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...

LEI Web Seminar on Hospital VSM’s

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Value-Stream Improvement for the Office and Services The Lean Enterprise Institute is giving a free webinar on August 2nd, featuring a hospital that presented...

Saving Lives and Losing Them

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After watching Michael Moore virtually melt down on CNN a few minutes ago, I had some thoughts...As I wrote about before, there are two...

A Positive (Lean) Approach to Improving Healthcare

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Better questions, wiser answers - The Washington TimesA "hat tip" to the curious cat for finding this excellent column by Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer...

Updated: Some Disgusting "Cost Cutting" Efforts

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Hard-up hospital orders staff: Don't wash sheets - turn them over the Daily MailUpdated: The hospital denies the claims (as has a commenter...

For those who DID see Sicko…

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What are your thoughts? I wrote last week about my thoughts and hopes for the movie "SiCKO". I've actually seen the film now. I won't...

Lean Thoughts on “Sicko,” the Michael Moore Documentary

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I've been asked a few times by blog readers about the movie "Sicko" since I work in the healthcare world. It opens tomorrow in...

Video — Lean in the UK National Health Service

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The positive ER post of the day.... here's a nice video of a news story from the UK. The physician being interviewed does...

A Fatally Broken ER

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Woman dies in ER lobby as 911 refuses to helpClick here for a more positive ER story posted on the same day... a UK...

Lean, No Wait ER’s

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U.S. hospitals try to pick up the ER pace You might have seen this sad case of a fatally broken ER on the news over...

Jeff Liker on "Happy Cows"

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FT.com / Business Life - In pursuit of happiness:Interesting quote from Jeff Liker in the Financial Times about TPS and an example of a...

I’m Writing A Book!

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Last week, in calling for "guest bloggers," I hinted at a "special project" that will be keeping me busy over the next few months.The...
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