Tag: Healthcare
Preaching to the Choir: Lean Works Everywhere
Some of you might have seen it, but I wrote a piece for the LinkedIn Influencers series about how the "Lean Manufacturing" principles are...
Super Bowl Commercial: American Factories? You Can’t Do That! Really?
I'm a bit of a counter-culturalist when it comes to the hype about Super Bowl commercials being entertainment and being something we "have to...
Reader Question: Pros & Cons of Observing in the Workplace
I was asked a question by a Twitter follower over the weekend:
"What are the pros & cons of using direct observations in hospital environment...
A Warning Sign Means It’s Badly Designed
If you have to add a warning or instruction label to something that should be obvious in its use, then the item is probably...
Medical Errors: The Names Change, but the Headlines Are Sadly the...
When I started blogging here in 2005, I was still about six months away from my transition from "lean manufacturing" to "lean healthcare." It...
Podcast #192: John Torinus, Solving the Employer Healthcare Crisis as an...
Joining me for podcast #192 is John Torinus, author of the excellent book, The Company That Solved Health Care: How Serigraph Dramatically Reduced Skyrocketing...
On Joy, Large Ships, and Swamps: My Visit to the Menlo...
Yesterday, I had a chance to visit Menlo Innovations, a software company in Ann Arbor, MI. I was happy to not only meet their...
Healthcare Leaders Need to Actively Manage the System
Thanks to my friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute for hosting a new article of mine on their Lean Post blog.
"The Question All Healthcare...
Two Recent Wrong-Site Landings & Many Wrong-Side Surgeries
In healthcare patient safety circles, there's always a lot of discussion about lessons learned from aviation safety. Aviation has gotten much safer over the...
Guest Post: What’s Needed in Developing a Kaizen Culture
Today's guest post is by Duke Rohe, a Quality Improvement Education Consultant at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. I know Duke from his...
Fantastic Mixed Media Online Presentation about Lean in Healthcare
I recently stumbled across a very interesting and well-produced mixed-media presentation that starts with the sounds of snow crackling under a pair a boots......
What I’m Reading 12/30/13: GM’s CEO, Human Error, Costing, and Really...
To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...