Tag: Healthcare

Let’s Save Patients by Standardizing the Standardized Colors

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Update: The charity auctions that ended last night raised $420 for Friends of the Orphans. Thanks to all who bid and bought (and donated...

CEO’s Lean Vision for Stanford Hospital

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Today's post is a link to a great interview with Amir Dan Rubin, the CEO of Stanford  Hospital & Clinics. I met Amir a...

Kaizen (Continuous Improvement): The Key To Lean Healthcare?

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Ken Congdon at Healthcare Technology Online  recently interviewed me for this story that's now online:  Kaizen: The Key To Lean Healthcare?. Mark Graban, lean expert...

Podcast #146 – John Toussaint, MD, ‘Potent Medicine,’ Former CEO of...

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Episode #146 is a discussion with a returning guest (#54, #62, #72), John Toussaint, MD, the CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value....

More Charity Auctions – Autographed Books (Graban & Imai), 5S Starter...

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You might already know about the charity auctions that are running this week, ending Sunday May 6, to benefit Friends of the Orphans. I'm happy...

Stuff I’m Reading, May 1, 2012

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Here are links to some varied articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: NFL Draft -...

Tool Crib Management & Its Role in Lean Manufacturing

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Mark's Note: Today's post is a guest post that's written for manufacturing settings. But, I'd challenge healthcare readers to think about how the impact...

My Trip to the Apple Store was Like a Hospital Visit

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I generally love the Apple Stores for their customer service and environment, as a primary Mac user for the past four years. You may...

To Better Protect Patients, Healthcare Needs More “Lean Thinking”

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This was originally going to appear as an op-ed in a newspaper (so it's written for a general audience who might not already be...

Stuff I’m Reading, April 20 – Cancer Cars, ThedaCare Payments, Boss...

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In a recurring feature, here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest: Luxury car program brings cancer patients...

Stuff I’m Reading, April 19 – Toussaint, Saskatchewan, & Apologies

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Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest during my blog break (somewhat of a break): John Toussaint's...

Move to Healthcare Wrap Up – “Feels like Bias” to a...

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Mark's Note: I recently closed down the Ning social network group called "Move to Healthcare," created for people who were looking to transition their...