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