Tag: Healthcare

Visiting MIT, Learning about “The Good Jobs Strategy” for Retail (and...

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Last week was an amazing week of learning and networking. I was in Dallas for the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (as I wrote about)....

A Lean Guy Reads the Boston Papers: Facts, Respect, and Baseball...

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My wife and I were in Boston over the weekend, as it was her fifth reunion from her MIT master's program. I'm also an...

First Look: “Management on the Mend” by Dr. John Toussaint

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At this year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (see my summary here) Dr. John Toussaint talked about and introduced his newly released book Management on the...

What’s a Kanban System? This Video From Saskatchewan Provides a Great...

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Today, I'm sharing a 10-minute video that was shared by the Five Hills Health Region within the Saskatchewan health system. In the video, Heather, the director...

2015 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Notes & Highlights (#HCSummit15)

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Wednesday was the first day of the 6th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, being held this year in Addison (Dallas), Texas. I'm here and this...

A Tale of Two Clinics – What I Wish My Primary...

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In American healthcare, there's a growing gap between hospitals and clinics that are being innovative and those who are stuck in the "way it's...

Lean: Hit or Myth? Layoffs, Patient-Centered Care, and More

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It's not uncommon to hear statements thrown around about Lean that are more of a myth than anything resembling reality. I remember the time a...

Lean in the Kitchen; Weekend Urgent Care for the NHS

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I hope y'all had a nice Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S. It's a global audience for the blog, but I had the...

10 Key Lean Mindsets for Factories, Hospitals, Startups, and More

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Here's my latest post for LinkedIn through their "Influencers" series. It might be old hat to readers of this blog, but I hope what...

Is Your Lean Journey Being Embraced With “Open Arms?” Are you...

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The phrase "Lean journey" is used widely to describe an organization's transformation over time. It's either a phrase that invokes helpful imagery or it's...

Dr. Erin DuPree on High Reliability, Preventable Harm, and Transforming Healthcare...

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Joining me for episode #222 of the podcast is Erin S. DuPree, M.D., FACOG, the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for the Joint Commission...

Gemba in the NICU: More Notes from our “Kaizen Live” Experience...

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In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I came to call "Kaizen Live," I...
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