Tag: Video
Dr. John Toussaint Video Lecture on Healthcare Quality & Lean
Here is an hour-long lecture given by John Toussaint, MD - shared by the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. There isn't a lot of...
Momentum of Lean Healthcare Design Continues to Build
Oh geez, that's an awful pun in the post title. Sorry. As an increasing number of health systems are using "Lean design" approaches for...
Join Me at Lean Healthcare PowerDay, 4/10/12 in Las Vegas
I'm thrilled to be part of an amazing program at the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event being sponsored by Healthcare Performance Partners in Las Vegas,...
Preview of the KaiNexus iPhone App – making improvement easier, anywhere
KaiNexus has an initial v 1.0 iPhone app that's about ready to be submitted to Apple!
It's been an exciting past few months at KaiNexus,...
Weekend Fun: An Elegant Solution by Subtraction (“Parks & Recreation”)
Our good friend Matt May (see posts and podcasts about him here) has a new book coming out in October, The Laws of Subtraction:...
Paul Akers Q&A On Incentives & Rewards for Kaizen
It's time for another reader question - this time, it was a question that came in via Twitter. It was right on point with...
“Kaizen!” Mention on “Parks & Rec”
Catching up on an episode of the NBC show "Parks & Recreation" from a few weeks back, Rob Lowe's character is talking about going...
Video: Salem Health CEO & Senior Leaders Comments About Visiting Japan
As described on the YouTube page for this video, a group of Salem Hospital (Oregon) staff members (senior leaders, front-line staff, clinicians) visited Japan...
KaiNexus Education Video #5 – Moving Beyond Suggestion Boxes
Here is the fifth in our series of short, simple Kaizen education videos from KaiNexus, a software startup where I am on the management team....
A Vivid Example of Gaming the Numbers on “The Office”
NBC's "The Office" is often a good source for clips that illustrate the opposite of Lean thinking. Last week's episode was a continuation of...
Kaizen Videos from a Franciscan “Kaizeneer”
My Healthcare Kaizen co-author Joe Swartz works in Indianapolis in the Franciscan St. Francis Health System. They use the term "kaizeneer" to describe those...
This Commercial is Not Exactly the “Five Whys”
If you're watching college football bowls or the NFL playoffs, it's hard not to see this commercial from DirecTV. It's not exactly the reverse...