10 Key Lean Mindsets for Healthcare Mark Graban Feb 9, 2011 18 Blog I really enjoyed having the chance to be in Cincinnati yesterday to participate in a Lean Healthcare workshop put…
St. Louis Paper Features Lean at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Mark Graban Jan 5, 2011 2 Blog Just before the new year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured the Lean efforts at Barnes-Jewish Hospital ("St.…
Guest Post: Lean Value Streams Lean Pathways, Inc. Dec 9, 2010 3 Blog Mark's note: Today is the first of what might be a regular series of guest posts from the team at Lean Pathways,…
Don’t Speed Up or Improve a Workaround Process – Fix the System Mark Graban Nov 2, 2010 6 Blog Hospitals are full of workarounds and fire fighting, it's a pretty common problem. That's one reason cost is so…
Another Annual Update on a New Zealand Emergency Department Mark Graban Oct 7, 2010 1 Blog It seems to be an annual event to see a news story about a New Zealand emergency department, Dunedin Hospital (not…
Management Improvement Carnival #111 Mark Graban Oct 1, 2010 1 Blog Again, I'm very happy to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. My job here is to share some…
Reader Question: Asset Optimizers and Point Optimizers Mark Graban Sep 30, 2010 1 Blog It's time for another in my Reader Questions series, this question comes from Brian via email. If you have a…
These Primary Care Improvements Don’t Sound “Mean” to Me Mark Graban May 13, 2010 2 Blog Here's yet another article with the lazy "Lean and Mean" cliche' in the headline: "Make Your Physician Practice a…
“Lean Doctors” – A New Book and Webinar Mark Graban May 4, 2010 4 Blog Something Lean is in the water in Wisconsin, as that state is one of the hotbeds of Lean healthcare. There's, of…
Lean is “Taking Canadian Healthcare by Storm,” but Look Out for… Mark Graban Apr 21, 2010 1 Blog In an article ("Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor") from Canada's National Post…
Superficial Lean Laboratory Explanation Mark Graban Dec 18, 2009 6 Blog Laboratory Equipment - Easy Lean Lab Exercises When I see "Easy Lean" or, as I also saw recently in a…
Cleveland Clinic and Lean Healthcare in Newsweek Mark Graban Nov 29, 2009 1 Blog What Health Reform Can Learn From Cleveland Clinic | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com Although it's not the…
Lean at Windsor’s Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital Mark Graban Oct 8, 2009 1 Blog Here is a video from Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH) in Windsor, Ontario Canada about their Lean effort, the video…
ThedaCare News Coverage & More from Fox News Mark Graban Aug 22, 2009 4 Blog This is a big day for Lean in healthcare, as here is a link to FoxNews.com with five longer videos about ThedaCare…
Value Stream Mapping in Healthcare – Does it Differ? Mark Graban Jul 27, 2009 5 Blog A reader, Dan, asked a great question on the MoveToHealthcare.ning.com site (since closed), re-used here with his…
First 90 Days as Hospital Lean Director – What To Do? Scott McDuffee Jun 4, 2009 6 Blog Lean Leap to Health Care #9 (Click for Part #8) by Scott McDuffee "I'm not sure if I have ever learned…
Shortening up the Value Stream Jamie Flinchbaugh Oct 31, 2008 2 Blog On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a…
It’s not the Map that Counts Mark Graban Sep 3, 2008 0 Blog Congratulations. You've mapped out the future state. Now what? | TimeBack ManagementHere's a post, linked above,…