Tag: Healthcare
ThedaCare Continues the Lean Journey
ThedaCare program gets boostThedaCare has already been seen as a leader in applying lean to hospitals, but its good to see they are continuing...
Signs are Not Error Proofing: Electrical Circuit Breaker Edition
I saw this at a hospital lab last year, a great example of true error proofing vs. just putting up warning signs. "Cautions" and...
Your Lean Year in Review
Happy New Year!As 2006 ends, I hope many of you had a GREAT lean year. Please add your comments about your lean accomplishments...
Quality is Free in Healthcare?
Hospital cost, quality are at oddsIn the manufacturing world, the old "mass production" thinking said there was a tradeoff in cost and quality, that...
We’d be fine if you just Paid us More
Hospitals prescribe increased reimbursements from insurers to aid recovery of sickly health care systemHospitals need to learn to reduce costs. You can't just...
Medical Mistakes? Just Throw Everyone in Jail for Human Error, Then?
In the news: Charges against nurse igniting a debate
It sure is easier to think that medical mistakes are as simple as one person being...
Why "Pull" for Hospitals?
Before any of you give a knee jerk reaction about how "pull is good, push is bad" --- I agree with you... pull is...
“Assembly Line Medicine”
I give a lot of lean overview presentations to healthcare audiences. While I talk mostly about the application of lean concepts to healthcare (problem...
Applying Little’s Law at the Hospital
This post is partly in tribute to Peter and his Little's Law blogging at shmula.com (it's not all Little's Law all the time, however)....
Poor Quality Costs Hospitals
Hospital-acquired infections take toll on bottom lines - USATODAY.comOne of the problems that hospitals are trying to reduce, through lean methods and other good...
From Pit Crews to Shopfloors to OR’s
London Hospital Gets Tips From Auto Racers, From Pit Stops To Operating Tables, Doctors Learn From Grand Prix Racing - CBS NewsThanks to Bill...
