Tag: Doctor
Mindless Government Bureaucracy Puts a Halt to Hospital Checklists
A Lifesaving Checklist - New York TimesA number of you have emailed me, yes I'm aware of this horrible, ridiculous development that followed earlier...
A Lean Hospital Story in Tennessee
Memphis Daily News - Le Bonheur's New Treatment-Speeding System Ups Productivity by 54 Percent - 12/11/2007Here's a news story about a hospital I know...
Checklists and Standardized Work in Patient Care
New Yorker - Dr. Atul GawandeHere is an outstanding piece by one of my favorite medical writers, on the use of checklists (a form...
The Need for Clean Hospitals
Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...
Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2
Here is a follow up to Part 1 of the recent Q&A I've facilitated with our friend, Dr. Bahri. Thanks to the blog...
My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 3
Click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of the series of posts about my visit to Dr. Sami Bahri, the "World's First Lean...
Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 1
Thanks again to Dr. Sami Bahri for hosting me last week. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 of my visit report, stay...
My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 2
Last Thursday, I had such an enjoyable visit to Dr. Sami Bahri's office. I was very impressed with the "Lean spirit" of Dr. Bahri...
My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 1
Here is a photo of me and Dr. Sami Bahri, the World's First Lean Dentist. I spent the afternoon at his office, observing...
Visiting the Lean Dentist
I've been fortunate to be attending a healthcare related event in Jacksonville FL this week and I've had the chance to meet Dr. Sami...
Your Dermatologist Might Not be FIFO
Patients get appointments for Botox faster than for moles: studyYou might expect that a doctor's office either takes appointments in terms of:FIFO (first into...
Profile of ThedaCare’s CEO
John Toussaint, M.D. - ProfileFrom the University of Iowa alumni site, here's a nice Q&A with one of the leading advocates for Lean in...