Tag: Healthcare

My guest for Episode #359 of the podcast is Prof. Dr. Alfred Angerer, joining me from Switzerland to talk about Lean healthcare. I had a...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Developing a culture of patient safety requires the ability to raise risks without fear of reprisal.  This post from leanblog.org...

I can't believe that I'm once again writing about this. But, I saw in the news that ANOTHER house was mistakenly demolished in the...

Here is a story that was sent to me by a blog reader, who needs to remain anonymous. I know the blog reader fairly...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients "We have a good people in a bad system".  Here's an excellent interview with Dr. Marty Makary, author of "The...

Returning to the podcast for Episode #358 is Steve Spear, a senior lecturer at MIT and author of the book The High-Velocity Edge: How...

Thanks to Sara Thompson and Catalysis Inc. for asking me to write a blog post for them. If we can go "Beyond Heroes" (a...

Joining me today for episode #357 is Michael Conroy, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer of Sutter Medical Group in northern California. Mike was previously the...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients It's been more than 10 years since Atul Gawande wrote The Checklist Manifesto, showing the world that a simple...

I was honored to be asked to participate in a supplement that was published by the journal The International Journal for Quality in Healthcare....

In Episode 12 of Lean Whiskey, Mark Graban is back and he's joined by a friend from the Lean healthcare world, Ryan McCormack. Jamie...

I think that working to reduce patient harm (to improve patient safety) is one of the most important (and most noble) applications of Lean. Daily...