Tag: Patient Safety

From Modern Healthcare (link no longer available), Tom Peters throws a few verbal bombs at the healthcare industry: Quality gains needn't be costly, Peters tells...

Leading article: Infected by political calculationThis isn't a "Lean" story, per se, but it still caught my eye. Hospital-acquired infections are a major problem...

A reader sent this picture from a hospital restroom. I'm not sure if the reader is a patient parent or a hospital employee. They...

Dennis Quaid Recounts Twins' Drug Ordeal, Actor Tells 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft Medical Errors Kill Thousands - CBS News Did you see the actor Dennis...

Wachter's World : The Checklist Saga: Victory!This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been...

L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients - New York Times It wasn't the same laboratory this time, but it's more than likely a similar...

'Bundling' hospital processes may help prevent infections - USATODAY.com"Bundling hospital processes" = Standardized WorkWhy isn't every hospital doing this? Why isn't every hospital administrator...

The Informed Patient - WSJ.comGood column in the WSJ today, as always, from Laura Landro. She writes about the need for patients to take...

This is compelling video (scroll down), radio and TV talk show host Glenn Beck, talking about his surgery gone "horribly awry" and how "phenomenally...

If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and others). Quaid and his wife are now...

If you've been following any of the posts about healthcare, here are a few interesting follow ups.Following up on this post about Boston's Beth...

Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...