Tag: Patient Safety

I had a phone conversation yesterday with an emergency medicine physician after her shift at an unnamed hospital in an undisclosed state. She had a...

I've been thinking a lot about hospitals and how they're preparing for the expected tsunami of Covid-19 patients who will need ICU beds and...

Returning for Episode #360 of the podcast is Leah Binder, the president and CEO of Leapfrog Group. We last talked four years ago in...

Here is a story that was sent to me by a blog reader, who needs to remain anonymous. I know the blog reader fairly...

I think that working to reduce patient harm (to improve patient safety) is one of the most important (and most noble) applications of Lean. Daily...

tl;dr summary: Two Japanese hospitals have improved patient safety by combining Toyota's problem-solving methods with a culture of psychological safety. By making it safe...

The theme for the next couple of days on the blog is patient safety and the idea of "psychological safety" for employees or physicians...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Sometimes you just need to get a team together and improve.  Here's a good example of use of A3 thinking to...

The other day, I stumbled across an old article that I remember, as it was published in the Wall Street Journal in 2004. The...

Joining me for episode #354 of the podcast is Kim Hollon, the CEO and President of Signature Healthcare, based in Brockton, Massachusetts. I first met...

Kim Hollon is CEO and President at Signature Healthcare. I don't know him well, but I've heard a lot of great things about him...

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Does Lean "work" in hospitals in the US?  Sort of, according to the Journal of Healthcare Management.  There is evidence...