Tag: Canada

Lean at the Peterborough (Ontario) Regional Medical Centre

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Ontario's Peterborough Regional Medical Centre is about 18 months into their Lean transformation. They are being featured in a series of four articles in...

Stuff I’m Reading, May 7, 2012: Nurses, Blame, Government, Apple in...

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Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: Twin boys die...

Stuff I’m Reading, April 19 – Toussaint, Saskatchewan, & Apologies

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Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest during my blog break (somewhat of a break): John Toussaint's...

A Good Lean Healthcare Journal Article with a Puzzling Title

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Thanks to the readers who sent this article my way and thanks to the authors for mentioning and citing my book, Lean Hospitals. The...

One Problem with Healthcare Data

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This article caught my eye recently: "Canada leads in surgical mishaps." By "leads," the article means they have a high number of mishaps (which...

A Lean Guy Reads the Globe and Mail – Shoelaces &...

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I was in Canada a few weeks back and two articles from the Globe and Mail newspaper caught my eye - stories from England...

True Story: Funny Canadian Border Agent Asks About My Books

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I'm back in Ontario again this week, giving three more short workshops about Healthcare Kaizen  at three different hospitals (after seven hospitals in five...

The Positive Trend of “Lean Design” of the Space & Processes...

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It's been nice to see the "lean design" approach taking hold in healthcare over the past few years. I think the first book on...

Summit 2011: Lean Transformation Videos from St. Boniface Hospital

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We had a great first day at our Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Seattle (with lots of tweets from attendees you can follow along...

St. Boniface Hospital’s Lean Journey: Enhancing Patient Care and Efficiency

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The Winnipeg Free Press has an article about their local St. Boniface Hospital, a member of the LEI/ThedaCare network I'm involved with called the...

Retaining Employees through Respect and Development

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I was recently in Toronto and I heard a story on an AM news station that really caught my ear. I have searched on...

Lean is “Taking Canadian Healthcare by Storm,” but Look Out for...

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In an article ("Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor") from Canada's National Post newspaper says Lean healthcare is "taking Canadian healthcare...