The image is an excerpt from an article titled "Making Health Care Better" by David Leonhardt, published on November 3, 2009. The excerpt includes a photograph of a medical professional wheeling a patient into the cardiac lab at Intermountain Medical Center. The caption below the image reads: RESULTS A patient is wheeled into the cardiac lab at Intermountain Medical Center. The death rate for coronary-bypass surgery at Intermountain was cut to 1.5 percent, well below the national average. Photo credit: Béatrice de Géa for The New York Times

NY Times on Standardization, Deming, and Lean Principles in Healthcare

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Why it Took 15 Years for Common Sense to be Accepted – Medical...

Mark Graban - November 10, 2009

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Preventive Care = Lower Cost or Better Value?

Mark Graban - November 10, 2009

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Guest Post: Is TPS the “Best” System?

David Meier - November 11, 2009

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Starbucks CEO says Lean drives margin and satisfaction

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Yet Again – A Patient Harmed as Hospital Lab Mixes Up...

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My Interview for ThomasNet Online

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Some "Like Lean" Thoughts from CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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The NY Times on How The U.S. Needs to Manufacture Again

Mark Graban - November 21, 2009 1

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Misguided Efficiency on The Office

Mark Graban - November 22, 2009 3

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Bad Behavior Kills – in Hospitals?

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The Latest on Reducing Preventable Infections – Boston, Appleton, and DC

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Lean Healthcare in Jacksonville

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Upcoming Lean Healthcare Discussion in R.I. Dec 1

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How to Show Gratitute in Your Organization

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Breast Cancer Awareness Video

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