There’s a weeklong nursing strike at Allina Health in Minnesota: Seven-day nurses strike starts at five Twin Cities hospitals. The main issue is health insurance coverage for the nurses, it seems. One reason for higher health insurance costs is rising healthcare delivery costs… one reason hospital costs are higher than they’d otherwise need to be is due to a lack of Lean thinking, teamwork, and leadership in many organizations. The lack of real cost reduction (through the elimination … Continue reading This Nurses Union is Wrong About Lean