Tag: Healthcare

I saw this headline the other day: "U.S. Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training" The phrase "just four hours" implies that it wasn't...

I wrote about Ebola earlier this week and have been following the news closely. It's a fascinating story on many levels, including many leadership...

Note: Scroll down to see comments for additional links, articles, videos and discussion. As I've written about (here and here) poor systems, a lack of...

The Denver jail and its suggestion box program made the local news, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request: "9 quotes from Denver Jail...

Thanks to Ron Pereira and my other friends at Gemba Academy for interviewing me when I visited their studio a few weeks back. Gemba Academy...

Yesterday, Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died in a Dallas hospital. As I've been following this story, I...

Listen Normally, my podcast is all about my guests. This episode has me being interviewed by the hosts at Healthcare Tech Talk, a new podcast...

Mark's Note: Today's guest post is by Chris Burnham. I invited him to write this after I saw him share his pre-surgical "poka yoke"...

Although I'm a proud alum of Northwestern University, a former marching band member, and an ardent follower of our football team (as I've written...

In a Lean culture, the mindset is that "problems are treasure" or "problems are gold." By honestly identifying problems, we can solve problems and...

As I blogged about last month, "Lean Coffee" is becoming a quarterly event for healthcare professionals here in San Antonio. We held a two-hour discussion...

I was recently interviewed by one of the reporters who put together this web article in Canada: "From the factory floor to the emergency department:...