Tag: Quality
A Prof Writes About “Proof that Operational Excellence Works in Healthcare!”
This article caught my eye recently:
Skeptics - We have Proof that Operational Excellence Work in Healthcare!
(via The Ohio State University)
Does the Size of a Hospital Matter for Quality of Surgery?
This article caught my eye recently:
Doctors usually think bigger hospitals offer better surgery. Turns out, we’re wrong.
(via Vox)
My Lean Healthcare Trip to China: Transitioning From Beijing to Shanghai
Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about the second city I visited: Shanghai.
This post...
My Article for Quality Digest About #Lean Falsehoods; “QDL” Show on...
We'll probably also talk about this article that was published yesterday on QualityDigest.com: "Lean Is About Quality, Not Just Speed or Efficiency... in Factories or in Hospitals" It might ruffle some feathers, but oh well.
GM & Roger Smith Spent $90 Billion on Automation — But...
Thanks to this post by Bruce Hamilton (aka "Toast Guy" or "Old Lean Dude"), I was reminded of the old General Motors effort, spearheaded...
Stuff I’m Reading May 2016: Bad Patient Experiences, Bad Workplaces &...
As is often the case, I have too many open browser tabs full of articles that I was going to potentially blog about. This slows...
#FrontierFail & Frontier Lies… Why Competence is Required Before Lean
I think I'm done complaining about Frontier Communications on Twitter. It's been a very frustrating week, as I'm on day 6 of a complete...
From a Patient Safety Tragedy to Lean & Baldrige Success in...
As Patient Safety Awareness Week continues, thanks to all of you who shared this PBS News Hour story with me via email or Twitter....
Podcast #245 – Dr. Tom Evans, Improving Healthcare Quality in Iowa
Today is the first of two episodes that I'll post here during Patient Safety Awareness Week. I agree with the National Patient Safety Foundation...
Doctors Get Upset With Being Pushed, Bad Leadership, Clumsy Incentives; Try...
A few weeks back, a number of you sent me this article from the New York Times:
"Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine"
The article...
Where Do Hospitals Get the Idea that Lean is Only About...
It's very frustrating when I hear people in healthcare complain that their hospital or health system has equated Lean with cost savings -- only focusing on cost reduction or primarily focusing on it...
Kevin Cahill on His Grandfather W. Edwards Deming, Lessons, and Legacy
Episode #238 is a conversation with somebody I’ve wanted to talk with for a long time, Kevin Cahill. He is the executive director of the W. Edwards Deming Institute. He’s also a grandson of Dr. Deming! ...