Reader Question: Why I Got into Lean Healthcare
A reader asks why I got involved with Lean in healthcare. In this post, I share what I wrote about this in the…
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Patient Safety
My LinkedIn Article: Supply Chain Matters – at the Oscars® and in…
The mistakes at The Oscars were trivial and unimportant in the grand scheme of things. What are some lessons…
#Throwback Thursday: My Interview with Paul O’Neill on Patient Safety &…
One of the highlights of my podcasting adventures was the opportunity to interview Paul H. O'Neill back in 2011.…
James Hereford – A #Lean COO from Stanford Becomes a Lean CEO at Fairview…
In today's post, I write about James Hereford, a Lean thinker and leader who is now CEO of Fairview Health Services…
Dr. Deming on Why Improvement Stalls Out, Today’s Hospital Patient Safety…
Can leaders get some improvement just by asking for it? Does improvement stall out if we don't have a method for…
Contest: Win a Set of #Lean & #PatientSafety Books Plus Some StoreSMART…
StoreSMART, a Rochester, New York-based manufacturer and retailer, has been an advertiser on this blog for over six…
#TBT: What CFO Magazine Wrote About #Lean in 2009
I first blogged about this article back in 2009 and it's still online: "Keen to Be Lean" The sub headline talks…
Visiting the Gemba & Seeing a Growing Culture of Continuous Improvement at…
Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center …
Improving Patient Safety in North Texas
I recently saw this article, as published in a printed magazine that arrived in the mail via the UNT Health Science…
Following Up on the DMC Problems
This article caught my eye recently: DMC dirty instruments escaped '15 probe, records show (via The Detroit News)
Hospitals Can Be Like Hotels, But Safety is a Far More Important Issue
This article caught my eye recently: Skip the Fancy Towels, and Hire More Nurses (via the NY Times)
#TBT: Talking to a Friend of Captain “Sully” About Patient Safety
OK, it's Tuesday... "Throwback Tuesday." I'll make that a thing. Somebody I really appreciated getting to know,…
Exposé About Detroit Medical Center, Dirty Surgical Instruments, Dysfunction,…
A number of you emailed me about this report in the Detroit News. I grew up in Detroit and my first job was as a…
Bad Systems & Training, Weak Problem Solving, and Poor Supervision Cause…
The cancelation of a meaningless NFL exhibition pre-season game is probably one of the least important problems in…
My Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Transitioning From Beijing to Shanghai
Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I visited:…
What’s Up at Virginia Mason Medical Center? Top Rankings & Joint…
I want to preface this post by saying it's mostly about questions, not answers. I've had many readers and…
#TBT: Posts from Julys Past
I'm going to be away from the blog (and Twitter) through July 13, but here are some blog posts from Julys of years…
Sorta Live Blogging Fox News “Beware! Danger at the Doctor” (Part 1)
However, administrators will not disclose the actual number of safety events that occur at the hospital. According…