Tag: New Zealand
Guest Post: Lean for Local Government – Pursuing Service Excellence
Mark's note: Thanks to all of the wonderful guest bloggers who contributed to this space over the past two weeks. Today's post is by...
Learning from Medical Mistakes: Why Preventable Errors Keep Repeating in Healthcare
Preventable medical mistakes remain one of the most serious challenges in healthcare, yet many hospitals still struggle with learning from medical errors and preventing...
The Real Message Behind Funny Hospital Signs: Tackling Root Causes for...
After a week of serious topics and sometimes pointed discussion, let's end with a funny sign... well wait, there's a serious story behind this...
An American ED Doc in New Zealand – Reflections on Pushback...
Mark's note: Today's guest post is from Dr. Mark Jaben, an American doctor who worked in New Zealand, leading to this blog post. I...
Another Annual Update on a New Zealand Emergency Department
It seems to be an annual event to see a news story about a New Zealand emergency department, Dunedin Hospital (not pictured at left)...
Releasing Time to Care (Lean Nursing) in New Zealand
Here is a nice little (under 2 minutes) news video from New Zealand talking about one hospital (in Auckland) and their implementation of the...
An Update on Lean in a New Zealand Emergency Dept
You might remember a 2008 blog piece about early Lean efforts in New Zealand hospital (Dunedin hospital), where the primary aim was reducing...
Great Editorial about Lean Healthcare in NZ
New Zealand Doctor Online - Medical News for GPsI often end up groaning (and complaining here) when I see news stories or editorials about...
The Need for Lean E.D. in N.Z.
Code red in the nation's hospital corridors | CLOSE UPThanks to Michael from New Zealand for pointing this story to me. The link above...
Lean in a New Zealand E.R.
Hospital aims for shorter wait times | Otago Daily Times Online
Here's today's positive blog post. For cynicism and negativity on a different Lean topic...
A Lean Nursing Example in New Zealand
Hospital's shake-up gives nurses more timeHere's a nice news article about the use of Lean in a hospital in New Zealand (hat tip to...
Lean in New Zealand
New Zealand's source for business, stock market & currency news on Stuff.co.nzHere is a decent lean overview, which includes a visit by John Shook...
