Tag: Healthcare

kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Auto concept drives Park Nicollet strategyHere's a nice article about a hospital that is getting recognition within the...

Appleton Post-Crescent - Finding a better wayAnother article on a hospital organization that has been working on lean transformation. An earlier article is...

According to this article (link has been misplaced), ThedaCare has been modeling the Toyota Production System to implement lean for the last 2 years....

Keys to Safer Hospitals - Health For Life - MSNBC.comBlog reader Mike R. Lopez, from Albuquerque, NM found this and sent it my way...

USATODAY.com - Your healthYou have to scroll down to see this on USA Today's site, so here's the whole article with my commentary. ...

Local manufacturer touts lean procedures - 2005-12-01Here's an article from Charlotte NC that mentions lean success stories in a factory and a local hospital....

Serious errors by doctor, nurse reported at St. Mary's Medical CenterThis kind of article is published far too often, but this statistic is alarming:"Doctors...

Doctor's Advice: Have Your Heart Attack During Normal Business Hours Now this is sad, maybe it's not surprising. A study has shown that a...

MercuryNews.com | 11/02/2005 | Medical mistake may have killed manIt is really sad when errors like this occur, it happens far too often in...

ASQA new book discusses the applications of lean manufacturing to healthcare.Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are...

Fixing Healthcare From The Inside, Today Available through HBS... this is written by Steven J. Spear, a former Harvard professor who has written about Toyota...

Press Release:Here is a nice summary of some lean healthcare/hospital efforts under way in New York:"The hospitals applied lean principles in numerous areas, he...