Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 17, 2020
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Sometimes you just need to get a team together and improve.…
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Patient Safety
It’s Hard to Ask Leaders to Change the System in Which They’ve Risen…
The other, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in…
Podcast #354 — Kim Hollon on the CEO’s Role in Lean and Patient Safety…
Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based…
A Hospital CEO’s Humble Reflections on His Role in Lean and Patient Safety
Kim Hollon is CEO and President at Signature Healthcare. I don't know him well, but I've heard a lot of great…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 6, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US? Sort of,…
Congrats to Mary Greeley Medical Center for Receiving the Baldrige Award!
Today, I'd like to celebrate my friends at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Iowa for being one of six healthcare…
Podcast #352 — Dr. Fred Southwick, Teaching Quality, Patient Safety &…
Joining me for Episode #352 of the podcast is Frederick Southwick, M.D. He is a Professor of Medicine and is…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 8, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
"Imagine walking into a restaurant and being seated.…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 25, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
If you set a target without providing a clear path on how …
Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 11, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Transformation and quality improvement is rarely sustained…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 27, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Globally, at least 5 patients die every minute due to unsafe…
What This Hospital President Said About Lean, Respecting Staff, and Just Culture
This article made me smile the other day -- especially the comments about Lean, front-line staff, and systems:
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Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 30, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
The last place I want to receive care is the hospital. …
Do Operating Rooms Need More Warning Signs to Prevent So-Called “Never…
Medical errors are not a laughing matter. Harm (or death) resulting from preventable process problems are far more…
Operational Excellence Mixtape: August 16, 2019
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
An experienced doctor in Toronto caused harm, operated…
Lean: A Combination of “Why?” and “Why Not?”
When we have really sticky, complicated problems (like the widespread healthcare patient safety and quality…
Podcast #341 – Dr. Rob Hackett (@patientsafe3) on #TheatreCapChallenge…
My guest for Episode #341 of the podcast is Dr. Rob Hackett, an anaesthesiologist in Sydney, Australia. Rob has…
Dr. Gary Kaplan and Virginia Mason Medical Center’s “War on…
A few of you sent me this article from Modern Healthcare (thanks!):
Virginia Mason Health CEO Dr. Gary…