Tag: Healthcare

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:...

Below is an infographic shared by the MHA program at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. There's some interesting data there......

Two pet peeves of mine are hearing people say things like "Lean is all about reducing waste" and or "Lean is all about cost...

I often get asked, "How did you get into healthcare?" I was working on a chapter for a Lean healthcare compilation book that's being...

Here's an article that summarizes the pocket of Lean healthcare activity in and around Winona and LaCrosse, Minnesota: "Waste reduction: Area health systems embrace lean...