Tag: Healthcare

Here is an article that caught my eye recently, from HBR: "How One Health System Overcame Resistance to a Surgical Checklist" Seeing the word "resistance" always...

My wife recently had some work meetings in Louisville, Kentucky and she had a great idea... "Why don't you fly here on Thursday night...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Imagine a healthcare system that responds to each patient's circumstances and preferences in real-time.  Real-time measurement of a patient's...

Jamie Flinchbaugh and I had a great time with the first two episodes of "Lean Whiskey." Thanks to everyone who has subscribed, rated, and...

Registration is open for "Kaizen Live!" -- the 2019 edition. Joe Swartz and I are excited to announce that we are hosting the fourth site...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Many healthcare providers are driven by a deep commitment to the mission of healthcare.  Some refer to it as...

Hat tip to Stan Feingold from StoreSMART (a Lean Blog sponsor) for sending me this article: Bob Lutz Talks Panel Gaps, Tesla, and Why Every...

Last week was the 10th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. I've had the opportunity to take part in all ten of them, going back...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Healthcare innovation is prone to continuous pilots of improvements that are already proven and a half-hearted embrace of meaningful change.  Sachin Jain,...

When we have really sticky, complicated problems (like the widespread healthcare patient safety and quality problems), I think it's interesting to think about problems...

My guest for Episode #343 of the podcast is Amanda Mewborn, an executive director of project management for Piedmont Health. I've known Amanda through the...

I attended the IHI National Forum a few times, in 2010 and 2011, I think. I recently stumbled across a few photos from my...