Tag: Lean Hospitals

The Power of Learning from Mistakes: Insights from ‘Lean Hospitals’ and...

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I've been writing about learning from mistakes for a long time, including my previous books before my latest, The Mistakes That Make Us. This...

What my Book “Lean Hospitals”​ Says About Inventory Planning

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This is from the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals. I've copied and pasted from the book with no additional edits, although I'll bold...

Applying Kaizen to My Various Websites

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I do my best to practice what I preach. I'm not perfect, by any means, but I'm pretty good about practicing the "Kaizen" style of continuous improvement. In this post, I share three recent examples of my Kaizen efforts for LeanBlog.org, JapanLeanTrip.com, and LeanHospitalsBook.com.

This Organization Chose Not to “Deploy Lean” Because a Leader Thought...

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I posted an article on LinkedIn last week as a companion article and summary of my podcast with Dean Gruner, MD, the recently retired CEO of ThedaCare. That article: "A Retired Hospital CEO Shares the Employee Feedback That was 'A Bucket of Cold Water to the Face.'" There have been over 125 comments so far... but one has me scratching my head. It read: "I looked at deploying Lean within our PNO, and ultimately decided against it, in part for two reasons: because Lean is about doing the same thing, albeit better and it is not as much customer/outwardly focused as we need in healthcare." Lean is not customer/outwardly focused? I hope this isn't a widespread perception or belief out there. I hope I'm overreacting to something that's not really a problem... but I wrote the post anyway.

[April Fool] Coming Soon – 4th Revised Edition of “Lean Hospitals”

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It's time for another new, revised edition of my book! The 4th edition is the fastest new edition yet, since the world is changing quickly and increasingly uncertain. Hospitals need to react now! Do something! Cut costs! Reduce costs! Slash costs!

What’s New in the 3rd Edition of Lean Hospitals? [Video]

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Thanks to my friends at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value for putting together this video with me, filmed at the last Lean Healthcare...

#TBT: Posts from Julys Past

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I'm going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years past. 2015: See...

Free Excerpt from “Lean Hospitals” and “Practicing Lean” Now in Kindle...

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Thanks to those of you who pre-ordered the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals. Click below to read a free preview from the book, the start...

“The New Lean Hospitals Are Here!”

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Yesterday was an exciting day for me, professionally and personally, as I received my first copies of the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals (I'll...

I Want to Send Your Hospital or Health System CEO My...

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As the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals is starting to ship, I'm having some great conversations with people about the "State of Lean...

What These Nurses Had to Say About “Lean Hospitals”; Free Gift...

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I recently learned that a company called Anderson Continuing Education offers continuing education (CE) credits for nurses related to my book Lean Hospitals. See their page...

Lean Hospitals: Thoughts from a Health System C.O.O. on Lean, Purpose,...

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In the previous editions of my book Lean Hospitals, I've included case examples from Avera McKennan Hospital and Avera Health. Fred Slunecka is the former president...