Nursing

This blog post is a collaboration with a Lean healthcare consulting friend of mine, who heard another unfortunate…

Here is a story that was sent to me by a blog reader, who needs to remain anonymous. I know the blog reader fairly…

My guest for Episode #343 of the podcast is Amanda Mewborn, an executive director of project management for…

Here's the latest in an occasional ongoing series I call "A Lean Guy Reads ________". Today, I'm reading…

Mark's Note: Today's post is written by Ken Segel, the managing director of Value Capture, LLC. This is the first…

This week is National Nurses Week. Nurses are highly skilled and, too often, are underappreciated. Lean should…

This article caught my eye recently: Skip the Fancy Towels, and Hire More Nurses (via the NY Times)

I recently learned that a company called Anderson Continuing Education offers continuing education (CE) credits for…

In my time working with hospitals, I've always been very sympathetic to front-line nurses (and other staff).…

It's really easy to make statements like "patient safety is our top priority." That same statement can be applied…

Happy June, everybody! Summer is here. We've actually had a delightfully long spring here in San Antonio, which…

I saw this video last night on Paul Levy's blog and it's important enough that I want to share it here with a few…

Thanks to my friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute for hosting a new article of mine on their Lean Post blog.…

In some  "Kaizen Kickoff" coaching that I've been doing recently, I've been spending time with managers and…

I recently saw this headline in the London Evening Standard: "Nurses struggle to 'get the job done' due to staff…

I've been to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before -- in February. It was a very cold, snowy place, to say the least!…