Tag: Healthcare

Sharing Lean Six Sigma Journal Articles on Healthcare Improvement from Ireland

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

Episode #12 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Canadian Whiskey, the Ups...

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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...

Can Questions About Patient Safety Feel Psychologically Unsafe?

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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...

From Silence to Safety: How Japanese Hospitals Learn from Toyota to...

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tl;dr summary: Two Japanese hospitals have improved patient safety by combining Toyota's problem-solving methods with a culture of psychological safety. By making it safe...

When Doctors and Nurses are Afraid to Speak Up About ...

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The theme for the next couple of days on the blog is patient safety and the idea of "psychological safety" for employees or physicians...

Podcast #355 — An Engineer, an Architect, and a Nurse on...

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So, an engineer, an architect, and a nurse walk into a hospital... no, that's not a setup for the punchline to a joke. Today,...

A Podcast Talking Lean Healthcare with a Swiss Professor, Alfred Angerer

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Normally, I like being the interviewer, but today I'd like to share a podcast where I was the one being interviewed. But, really, I...

Kim Hollon on the CEO’s Role in Lean Leadership, Patient Safety,...

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Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based in Brockton, Massachusetts. I first met...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 20, 2019

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Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients It's been 20 years since To Err is Human, the seminal report from the Institute of Medicine, was released, estimating,...

A Hospital CEO’s Humble Reflections on His Role in Lean and...

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Kim Hollon is CEO and President at Signature Healthcare. I don't know him well, but I've heard a lot of great things about him...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 6, 2019

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Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US?  Sort of, according to the Journal of Healthcare Management.  There is evidence...

Quint Studer on Hardwiring Excellence, Humble Leadership, and The Busy Leader’s...

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My guest for Episode #353 of the podcast is somebody whose work I've appreciated for a long time -- Quint Studer. I was first...
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