Lean Hospitals is about improving patient care, staff well-being, safety, and flow by fixing systems—not blaming people or cutting costs at any price. These posts explore Lean healthcare as a management and leadership system grounded in respect for people, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
Drawing from hospitals, health systems, and frontline clinical work, this archive reflects the core ideas from Lean Hospitals: improvement without layoffs, learning from mistakes, daily problem solving, and leadership behaviors that make sustainable improvement possible in healthcare.
First off, Productivity Press has now shipped all back ordered books that were purchased through their site. Thanks for your patience…. it still shows as “backordered” on their website, but new orders should be shipped promptly. Thanks again to everyone…
Dear Lean Blog readers (and Lean Hospitals book readers): A number of you have asked about getting autographed copies of my book, which I really appreciate. I’ve figured out a plan — a few ways to do this, both of…
Amazon Online Reader : Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction I know this has been frustrating for people, but here’s the best I know. Some of you have gotten your copies, but my book is current out…
To celebrate the 50th LeanBlog Podcast, the tables are turned. Guest host Jamie Flinchbaugh chats with me, Mark Graban, about the history of my blog, my podcasts, and how this led into my new book, Lean Hospitals. This was Jamie’s…
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at a few events and forums this fall. The firm I work for will also be doing some events in Boston (September) and Dallas (November), so I hope to be able…
Very exciting day, I have my first copies of my book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction, in hand!!! In other book news, my good friend Kevin at the Evolving Excellence blog has hosted a Q&A session…
I’ve gotten a number of questions about Amazon.com showing late August as a shipping date now. It seems that the fastest / earliest way to get a copy will be to order directly through the publisher. The books are in…
Updated 7/29: Click here ——————— Updated 7/28: The book now shows as “In Stock” at www.productivitypress.com and amazon.com says it will be “in stock on August 16.” Thanks for your patience. I’ve been just as antsy as anybody, since I…
The Lean Hospital The Hospitalist is a publication for physicians who practice “hospital medicine.” I had a chance to be interviewed for what turned out to be a nice overview of “how can Lean help hospitalists and their patients?” article.…
For those who already saw the post and wouldn’t otherwise scroll down, please re-visit my earlier post that now has a discount code for 15% off my book, valid through August 31. Subscribe via RSS | Lean Blog Main Page…
Lean Thinking Network | Competing Podcast » Archive » Competing Mark Graban Thanks to Dwight Bowen for having me as a guest on his excellent podcast series. I chatted with Dwight about my book and the applications of Lean methods…
As I was researching and writing my book, I conducted an online survey (non-scientific) about hospitals and their experiences with Lean methods. I am going to be sharing some of the summary results, as well as some specific responses (keeping…
