Tag: Berwick

TL;DR: Long before Lean and Kaizen became common language in healthcare, Don Berwick argued in a 1989 New England Journal of Medicine article that...

This made news on Wednesday - Dr. Donald M. (Don) Berwick stepped down as CMS Administrator: "Harvard professor Don Berwick resigns as Medicare chief."...

I was at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value office a few months ago when Dr. John Toussaint reported that he had gotten a...

On June 30, the PBS NewsHour program did a 7-minute story on healthcare improvement (featuring Lean and Toyota methods) at Denver Health. You can also...

Vote for this year's "Modern Healthcare's Most 100 Influential" list. Click here. Sadly, Dr. John Toussaint is not on the list of nominees. I voted for...

Here is the latest in my "Week in Review" series for the week ending 9/26/10, featuring stories about a Toyota tour, a Don Berwick...

I was a supporter of Dr. Donald Berwick's nomination to head CMS (Medicare and Medicaid at a federal level) - not due to politics...

It's nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post -- "Denver...

This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at least...

I'm here at the Shingo Prize conference for the second year in a row. Lots of good networking and talks/panels. I'll share a few...

Dr. Donald Berwick (bio), founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has reportedly named by President Obama to head Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

Donald Berwick: Curing the Healthcare System - BusinessWeek Good exposure for the applicability and use of Lean concepts in healthcare in BusinessWeek. Dr. Berwick is...