Tag: Healthcare
Full “Healthcare Kaizen” Book Website Launches
My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I did a soft launch a few weeks back, but we're happy to announce that the full website for...
Dr. John Toussaint Video Lecture on Healthcare Quality & Lean
Here is an hour-long lecture given by John Toussaint, MD - shared by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. There isn't a lot of...
Registration Open for 2012 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit
For the third year, my good friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute, the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, and the Healthcare Value Network are...
Guest Post: Healthcare Kaizen in The Netherlands
Mark's note: Thanks to Freek Dekker for this guest post. I met Freek at last year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, as he was part...
Momentum of Lean Healthcare Design Continues to Build
Oh geez, that's an awful pun in the post title. Sorry. As an increasing number of health systems are using "Lean design" approaches for...
Join Me at Lean Healthcare PowerDay, 4/10/12 in Las Vegas
I'm thrilled to be part of an amazing program at the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event being sponsored by Healthcare Performance Partners in Las Vegas,...
Thoughts on Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 4 to 10 has been "Patient Safety Awareness Week" from the National Patient Safety Foundation.
I'm certainly in favor of patient safety and have...
Two Lean Jobs in the New York HHC
The country's largest public health system, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has two Lean healthcare jobs available and they've asked me...
Farewell to the “Move to Healthcare” Ning Group; Sharing a Success...
About three years ago, I started a group on the Ning platform called "Move to Healthcare." Sadly, I've decided to shut down the site,...
Preview of the KaiNexus iPhone App – making improvement easier, anywhere
KaiNexus has an initial v 1.0 iPhone app that's about ready to be submitted to Apple!
It's been an exciting past few months at KaiNexus,...
Staff Ideas Improving Freeman Health System
I wish I had shared this story when the video was still available (not sure why the TV station pulled it down) -- in...
1 in 7000 – What are the Odds for Lean Healthcare...
If you're a gambler and you take my post title literally, you might be thinking, "The odds? The odds are 1 in 7000, or...