Tag: Virginia Mason

It's great to see Lean mentioned in mainstream healthcare management publications, such as the article in HealthLeaders (print and online) called "Systemwide Process Improvement."...

In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in an Ohio-built Chevrolet (don't call...

I'm happy to announce some details for a project I'm involved with - Registration is now open for the 2nd annual Lean Healthcare Transformation...

I found this lengthy series of articles from the Las Vegas Sun, published under the heading of  "Do No Harm: Hospital Care in...

This is just my second time attending the annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum - one of about 6,000 medical professionals, leaders, and...

Hat tip to regular blog reader Andrew B. for letting me know that A17 of today's New York Times was a full page ad...

I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience, and...

I'm going to use this blog post / page to collect published statistics about the impact the Lean management philosophy has had on healthcare...

I'm really excited about these two books coming out later this year -- both from innovative leading lean healthcare organizations in Seattle. What's in...

One of the books that's had the biggest impact on my work is Donald Wheeler's Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos. It's the...

Today's edition of The New York Times has an outstanding article about Lean Healthcare and what Seattle Children's Hospital calls C.P.I. or Continuous Performance...

This linked article ("Lean cuts Healthcare Costs at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle") summarizes improvements and Lean methods at Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center...