Tag: Patient Safety

They just started a year ago (better late than never?), but San Francisco General Hospital had its Lean efforts highlighted in the San Francisco...

I recently received two emails that are worth sharing, in anonymous form here. One was from somebody I know who just quit a Lean...

I've recently heard of a scenario in healthcare that I suspect is pretty common, or at least it's not the first time I've heard...

As we move into the Labor Day weekend, I need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...

Following up on my previous posts (here and here) on a recent visit to the Northern California Wine Country, I'm going to share a...

A friend shared this fun video about how to influence hand washing behavior amongst a group of 12 kids. As the introduction points out,...

In hospitals, there's a big emphasis on healthcare professionals always checking TWO patient identifiers to help avoid getting the wrong patient. You might have...

I've been writing for a long time  that I think it's inappropriate and ineffective to ask patients and families to inspect or police hand...

QHSE Focus, an iPad magazine, asked me to contribute a piece on Lean healthcare. They published my piece titled, "Employee & Patient Safety: The Only...

I was happy to see that one of my local Indian restaurants not only has very good Yelp reviews... they also have a top...

A woman has the wrong side of her brain operated on. The headline features the hospital's name and the surgeon's name. It seems the...

This week, May 6-13, is National Nurses Week. It's always important, but it's especially good to thank and recognize all of the talented, caring,...