Tag: Healthcare
Traditional Improvement Methods Compromising Hospital Safety?
Study: Hospital Goals Sometimes Compromise SafetyWith Lean, we have realized that improving quality does not run counter to decreasing costs. They go together....
New Book, "Toyota Talent:" Out NOW
Toyota TalentUpdate 5/6/07: The book is now shipping from AmazonI had the pleasure of reading a pre-publication version of this new book from...
Moving the ER 10 Miles Away HELPS Flow?
The Cincinnati Post - St. E's plan for ER is uniqueThanks to blog reader Karthik for sending this my way. I've read the...
L.A.M.E.: Not Involving Key Stakeholders
Got this story during an email exchange, used with express permission:-----------------------------I saw my doctor yesterday and told him I was doing a lean publication,...
Group Health Cooperative Lean Leaders and Executive Panel Discussion – LeanBlog...
Episode #23 of the LeanBlog Podcast features a panel of Lean leaders from the Group Health Cooperative, a consumer-governed, nonprofit health care system that...
A Lean Perspective on Employee Shortages
I heard a great comment on Monday from a hospital President.He said, quite passionately, I might be paraphrasing slightly:"We don't have a shortage of...
Do you "Embrace your Misses?"
Another great thought from David Mann this week was highlighting how a Lean culture will "embrace it's misses" rather than try to cover them...
Productivity: Industry vs. Health Care
I don't know the source on the data, but I heard a hospital President today talking about his hospital's Lean journey. He said:"Manufacturing...
Just as Bad in Canada
globeandmail.com: Private sector health care: Think quality, regulationI don't think healthcare and quality is a "Private vs. Public" debate. As we'll inevitably have...
Certification and Quality
Modern Healthcare Online (article available to subscribers only, March 12, 2007 Issue)I think it's been true in the manufacturing world that quality certifications, such...
An Important Application of Personal Kaizen
Comprehensive Drug & Alcohol Treatment Facility is First of its Kind in the StateFormer classmate and blog reader Chris and I always used to...
Nice Lean Healthcare Overview
Business Report - Toyota production system has the cure for the industry's illsMuch of the material in this summary, by a professor who teaches...
