Tag: Healthcare

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...

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

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...

Freedom from Command & Control: Rethinking Management for Lean Service Here is a fascinating post from John Seddon at his website www.lean-service.com (link is dead)...

YouTube - Improving the ER on ERI don't always watch the NBC show ER, but this portion caught my attention when my wife was...

The Informed Patient - WSJ.comThis article from the WSJ talks about a trend where patients (or, more often, family members of patients) who were...

Hospital-borne ailments face Medicare budget ax | IndyStar.comHealthcare has LONG been a piecework industry. Caregivers and facilities are paid for WHAT they do...

Here's a mini Lean carnival of some good posts from other blogs about Lean:Got Boondoggle? Lost in TranslationGreat story from Mike about someone...

In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty - New York Times This outstanding NY Times article isn't about "Lean" per se (they don't...

Portrait of an ER at the Breaking Point - Newsweek HealthHere is an incredibly sad case study of an Emergency Room that's a mess......

Marketplace: Better health care through better informationThis commentator points out some shocking waste in the healthcare system:Although cancer doctors work long hours, they still...

RFID tracks hospital's devices Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Business This article was in the Dallas paper a week ago. It talks about...