Tag: Michigan

New White Paper: “#Lean for Doctors”

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I'm happy to share a link to a white paper that I co-authored for Catalysis (formerly the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value). The paper is titled: "Lean for Doctors." It's co-authored with Dr. John Toussaint and Dr. Jack Billi.

Kaizen Adventures in My Hometown of Livonia, Michigan

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I'm in my home town of Livonia, Michigan this week, having arrived to the snow and cold yesterday, staying through Thursday. Boy, my blood...

Recommended Webinar on Monday: Lean in an Academic Medical Setting; U-M...

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If you liked my January 2011 podcast with Jack Billi, MD, from the University of Michigan Health System and Medical School, be sure to...

Videos: Lean in Daily Work at the University of Michigan Health...

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If your organization blocks access to YouTube... shame on them. The videos I'm sharing here are two reasons you should insist they open access...

Michigan Lean Consortium 2012 Conference – Establishing a Winning Culture

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  Although I've lived in Texas since 1999 (other than a few years in Phoenix), Michigan is my home state, having grown up in Livonia...

Healthcare Kaizen: You Mean Everyone Isn’t Doing This?

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I've done a number of radio interviews recently to talk about our soon-to-be-released book Healthcare Kaizen. I haven't posted them all here, but check...

How hospitals are implementing lean healthcare practices

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Under Blog Break rules, I'll just post this article that I was quoted extensively in: "Author: Hospitals can use lean techniques to drive improvements...

Lean in the Livonia Public Schools

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I grew up in Livonia, Michigan, where I was fortunate to have an outstanding public school education (without the district, to my knowledge, needing...

Webinar Recording from a University of Michigan Health System Lean Leader

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Yesterday, the MIT SDM program hosted a webinar by Dr. Jack Billi from University of Michigan. I had the good fortune to meet Dr....

The Global Spread of “Lean Hospitals”

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I'm in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan for a few days for the Michigan Lean Consortium annual conference. It's my home state, so it's great...

Join me at the Michigan Lean Consortium’s Conference Aug 10-11

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If you're in Michigan, come join me and a great crew for the first annual Michigan Lean Consortium conference near Traverse City, Aug 10...

Michigan Hospitals Cut VAP Rates 70% Using Checklists

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Here's a great story from my home state where I grew up, Michigan: "Hospital checklist helps pneumonia rates tumble by 70%." From the article: Ventilator-associated pneumonia...