Tag: Patient Flow

Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

When it comes to delivering life-saving care, optimizing the entire system--not just individual components--can make all the difference. This principle is exemplified by the...

It's interesting to observe a hospital process (or lack thereof) when a family member needs surgery. I had the opportunity to do so one...

I saw this chart recently. It shows the monthly average length of stay (LOS) at a hospital: The narrative about the chart said it was: "continuing...

My previous post in this series: A Lean Guy Gets Vaccinated at Dodger Stadium On Saturday, March 6th, I had the opportunity to visit two...

This past year, due to Covid, I wasn't able to be on site with a healthcare organization for 359 days. That's almost a full...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US?  Sort of, according to the Journal of Healthcare Management.  There is evidence...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Healthcare improvement is often done through QI projects in an "artisan" fashion.  To improve healthcare improvement, combat bias and us...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients "Imagine walking into a restaurant and being seated. Sometime after your meal, you receive the check and find an...

When I blogged a summary of my recent Brazil trip, I said I'd write more about my visit to a hospital... so here's that...

When we have really sticky, complicated problems (like the widespread healthcare patient safety and quality problems), I think it's interesting to think about problems...

My guests for Episode #328 are Bette Gardner and Jeff Heil, of the company Breakthrough Learning. Bette is the creator of a fantastic simulation...