Tag: Patient Safety

Confusion Galore, A Vaccine Administration Error: My Moderna COVID Booster

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Update Nov 5 7:30 pm: Added an Addendum / Epilogue to the story at the end of the post Having received a Johnson & Johnson...

The Need to Error Proof Medication Vials, Including COVID Vaccines

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I've given a few presentations about Lean and mass vaccination clinics, based on my visits (as a guest observer / learner and as somebody...

Auctioning “Healthcare Kaizen” for a Good Cause

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My co-author, Joe Swartz, and I were happy to donate a signed copy of our book, Healthcare Kaizen, to be part of a fundraising...

My Value Capture Blog Post on Hospitals Requiring Vaccination

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I wrote a post for the Value Capture blog that I'd like to point you to: Should Our Health System Require Covid Vaccination of All...

Rather than Blaming Employees, Managers Must Take Responsibility for Problems –...

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Eight years ago today, I published a piece originally on LinkedIn as part of their "Influencers" series: Rather than Blaming Employees, Managers Must Take Responsibility...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: Most Popular, 1st Half of 2021

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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,...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: June 4, 2021

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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,...

A Surgical Mistake and the Pressure to Lie and Cover It...

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I don't post every episode of the My Favorite Mistake podcast here, but my latest episode (#70) will have a strong appeal to readers...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 7, 2021

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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,...

The Tragic Hospital Elevator Story That’s Hard to Believe

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I've been a fan of Dr. Marty Makary and his work for a while now. He has written about the systemic problems in healthcare...

What Does Lean Mean to Healthcare Professionals? What Should it Mean?

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tl;dr summary: Lean isn't just efficiency... it's safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale. People often misunderstand that -- they don't know or they were...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: March 12, 2021

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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! Healthcare - Creating Value...
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