Tag: Healthcare

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Normally, in my original Lean podcast series, I'm interviewing others and I let them do most of the talking (I believe this is statistically...

I'm excited to announce that I'm presenting a webinar at no cost to you on September 22nd, sponsored by Cardinal Health and hosted by...

Today is the Labor Day holiday in the United States (and in Canada, as I recently learned). It's not just a day of rest...

You might remember the hubbub (a kerfuffle?) over the NEJM opinion piece written by Dr. Jerome Groopman and Dr. Pamela Hartzband. See my first post...

A number of you emailed me about this report in the Detroit News. I grew up in Detroit and my first job was as...

The cancelation of a meaningless NFL exhibition pre-season game is probably one of the least important problems in the world. But, it happened recently...

My guest for Episode #260 of the podcast is Brad White, author of the recently-released book Lean Daily Management for Healthcare: A Strategic Guide to...

It's one thing to hear Lean professionals or specialists talking about the power of this methodology to improve healthcare. To me, it's not just theory, it's...

This article caught my eye at Becker's Hospital Review: We asked 13 physicians what they really think of their hospital Even though organizations do formal physician...

I want to preface this post by saying it's mostly about questions, not answers. I've had many readers and acquaintances ask me about what's...

The BBC radio program "The Science Hour" recently aired a program with a segment where an unexpected person (Dr. Kevin Fong) to an unexpected...