Tag: Virginia Mason

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 27th, 2023

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormack for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Subscribe to get...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: October 21, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! Get these directly...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: September 24, 2021

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of 2020

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! 2020 was an unusual...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 11, 2020

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! One more note from...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 17, 2020

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients Virginia Mason's 20 year pursuit of measurably better value for patients is...

Operational Excellence Mixtape: Best of First Half 2020

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... Summer is approaching which means it's time to review the 10 most popular mixtape links of 2020...

The Path to Patient Safety in Japan (or Elsewhere): Reporting Problems,...

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As I blogged about this morning, don't forget that you can get a FREE Kindle copy of Practicing Lean today (January 21, 2020). As I...

It’s Hard to Ask Leaders to Change the System in Which...

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

Dr. Gary Kaplan and Virginia Mason Medical Center’s “War on Waste”

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A few of you sent me this article from Modern Healthcare (thanks!): Virginia Mason Health CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan wages a war on waste As you...

So Who Else Forgot to Pack Socks?

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Last week, I had the chance to teach and facilitate a Lean education session for a group of health system executives and physician leaders...

Lean Healthcare Featured in “The Economist”

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It's great to see Lean healthcare featured in one of the world's leading news and business publications. The Economist recently published this article: "Hospitals are learning from industry how to cut medical errors"