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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has a free podcast/audio series called WIHI. My friend e-Patient…

I've been a fan of the "Lean Startups" work of Eric Ries since last year, so I'm happy to be producing a free LEI…

Episode #87 is a discussion with a returning guest, Steven J. Spear, PhD, author of the outstanding book…

It's an honor to again contribute to John Hunter's amalgamated Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The main page…

Wachter's World: Can Patients Help Ensure Their Own Safety? More Importantly, Why Should They Have To? The whole…

While in Boston, I'm getting the chance to sit in on some sessions of an MIT Seminar in Healthcare Systems…

It's a not-so-regular feature, but it's time to clean up the Lean Blog Backlog (say that 10 times fast), the…

Lean Leap to Health Care #3 (click for Part #2) by Scott McDuffee It would seem to be an efficient method to…

Award Recipients - The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence - shingoprize.org The full list of winners has…

Episode #58 of the LeanBlog Podcast brings us Steven J. Spear as our guest. Spear is a Senior Researcher at…

No Detroiters Need Apply - Automotive NewsFirst off, I hate the whole "czar" term in our government. Ick.But if we…

I recorded an upcoming LeanBlog Podcast with Steven J. Spear yesterday. Here is that episode: …

A new design for healthcare delivery - The Boston Globe Good column here from Steve Spear (of "Decoding the DNA of…

Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System -- HBS Working Knowledge Here is a summary of the famous…

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Toyota Production System --> Dead Link Here is a nice succinct definition…

Today's Detroit News wrote about lean in healthcare, this time in their own beloved University of Michigan system.…

Fixing Healthcare From The Inside, Today Available through HBS... this is written by Steven J. Spear, a former…