Tag: Healthcare
Podcast #240 – @LeahBinder of @LeapfrogGroup on #PatientSafety
My guest for episode #240 is somebody I've wanted to interview for a long time, Leah Binder, the president and CEO of Leapfrog Group,...
The Shared Interests & Goals of Lean and the Patient Safety...
Later today and tomorrow, I'll be attending the annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit that's produced by a non-profit called the Patient...
Throwback Thursday: HBR on Taylorism vs Toyota
In the midst of the discussion about the NEJM article, John Shook of LEI (a former Toyota employee) pointed me to this 1993 HBR article: "Time-and-Motion Regained" I believe it's freely available...
Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model, Part 2: Problem Solving & Standardization
Yesterday, I wrote Part 1 of this post on the Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model.
Part 1 covered the left hand half of the model, with...
Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model, Part 1: Alignment & Visual Management
Back in November, I had a chance to meet Nate Hurle, from Cleveland Clinic, as he was giving a presentation about their work with...
Debunking Criticisms of Lean and Taylorism in Healthcare: A Response to...
In the article posted today, Pamela Hartzband, M.D., and Jerome Groopman, M.D. (the later the author of the popular book How Doctors Think), rant about all sorts of things… some of which have nothing to do with Lean...
Where Do Hospitals Get the Idea that Lean is Only About...
It's very frustrating when I hear people in healthcare complain that their hospital or health system has equated Lean with cost savings -- only focusing on cost reduction or primarily focusing on it...
Dr. Don Berwick is “Stunned” By How Few Organizations Study Deming
One of the first people in healthcare to be influenced by Deming’s work is Dr. Don Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (at right in that picture). Berwick wrote about Deming’s ideas back in...
My Post for @KaiNexus: Webinar Highlights from @MaryGreeley Medical Center
Yesterday, I had a post published over on the KaiNexus blog:
Webinar Highlights: See How These Two Elements Spread Improvement
I shared some highlights from an...
Throwback Thursday: Flexing, Gemba Claus, Problems, Shook, Jail, and Holiday Gifts
As we start easing into the holidays, I wanted to share a few throwback posts from this day or this week from previous years:
From...
Podcast #236 – Dr. John Toussaint Discussing Lean Transformation, Healthcare Improvement
For episode #236, things are a little different than usual. Today, I wanted to share a video discussion between my friends Ted Stiles and John...
Why Unhappy Employees Indicate a Failing Lean Strategy
How is it that we have two realities out there in healthcare... in parallel, Lean is awesome and Lean is horrible. It depends on where you are, unfortunately. I had an amazing day yesterday with a major health system...
