Tag: Patient Safety

Beyond Discipline: You Can’t Punish Your Way to Perfection

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For a long time, it's bothered me that organizations typically react to a mistake with punishment. This is even more annoying when the phrase...

Learning from Mistakes: An Operating Room Case Study on the Consequences...

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This article caught my eye today, and it's a change of pace to think about and write about mistakes other than my own (and...

Jody Crane, MD: Lean in Emergency Medicine and Hospitals; 3 Big...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more Joining us for Episode #468 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jody Crane, M.D. He's...

Lean Whiskey #38: Toasting the U.S. Micro Whiskey of the Year...

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Listen: What do you do when you are chosen as Jim Murray's US Micro Whiskey of the Year? You pop in to join Mark and...

View Now: Panel Discussion Webinar on the Proposed National Patient Safety...

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I'm happy to have hosted and moderated a panel discussion format webinar that was sponsored by Value Capture. It's titled: Why Does the U.S. Need a...

“Habitual Excellence” with Lou Shapiro, CEO of the Hospital for Special...

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Today, I'd like to share an interview that I did for the podcast series called "Habitual Excellence," which is presented by Value Capture. I...

Watch the Webinar About Seizing the Healthcare Safety Imperative – The...

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You're invited to view the recording of webinar that I co-presented on Tuesday, October 18th, with Ken Segel, the CEO and co-founder of the...

Lean Healthcare Means Having the Right Staffing Levels for Safety, Quality,...

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I was prompted today to think about an excerpt from my book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement: "In many hospital settings,...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 10th, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

Highlights From the Value Capture Blog and Podcast: Patient Safety, Nurses,...

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Today, I'd like to share a recent blog post and a few podcasts from the Value Capture website. First off is a blog post by...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: April 29, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

13 Years Ago This Week, I Lost My Mother to Medical...

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Mark's note: I have long appreciated the advocacy work done by Laura Batz Townsend, her family, and the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation...