Sunday, I read this New York Times article about Apple’s “App Store” for the iPhone and iPod Touch (I’ve been a pretty happy iPhone user for the past three months after switching over from BlackBerry). I’m going to try to…
As we study the processes we use to do our work, we see opportunities that we may not have even considered before we learned about the Toyota Production System and Lean. At St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we…
YouTube – Automated Bagel Slicer Right after I posted this link with the Yo! Sushi video last week, I went out to run some errands. I stopped to get a bagel and found this bagel transportation automation and took a…
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Supports ‘National Patient Safety Day’ – Press Releases – CNBC.com I was walking through Boston Common this morning and saw a woman with a homemade sign that said something about patient safety. I stopped her and…
I was fortunate to be in England for five days last week. I saw the “gemba” at five hospitals in three days and attended the Lean Enterprise Academy Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit on Friday. One thing I was taking pictures…
I’m very pleased to present a guest post from Arizona about the successful use of Lean concepts and, more specifically, the “Training Within Industry” methodology. You may recognize Dr. Pete as a regular commenter here on the blog. We’ve spoken…
After watching and blogging about the first half of Oprah’s medical errors show that featured the story of Dennis Quaid’s kids, I finally got into the second half. The first story is that of Molly (left), a woman who was…
TL;DR: Toyota stands apart because every employee is empowered to improve their work every day. That combination of respect for people, daily improvement, and visible learning creates better quality, safety, and performance–and it works just as well in healthcare as…
I wanted to remind you about an online event I’m presenting for Thursday afternoon and tell you about a new event (local to Dallas) that I’m attending Thursday night. THE DARK REPORT presents: How To Find And Eliminate All The…
The Dark Report presents a new audio conference on November 13, 2008… For those of you in hospital labs (not sure what percentage of my readership falls into that category), you might be interested in the following upcoming audio conference…
Why do you need a “be careful” warning message when you’ve already error proofed something? For liability’s sake? I am going to be flying back and forth to the UK a lot this summer, so I needed an airplane power…
Auto industry process revs up efficiency No, not a hospital for moose — a hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Five Hills Health Region is revving up speed in providing mental health services and lab tests for patients —…
