Tag: Doctor

This article caught my eye recently: Doctors usually think bigger hospitals offer better surgery. Turns out, we’re wrong. (via Vox)

This article caught my eye recently: For Every Hour With Patients, Doctors Spend Two Record-Keeping (via Forbes)

I was happy to see this announcement the other day: UCSF to Train Residents in Lean Management and Process Improvement From the announcement: "UC San Francisco will...

You might remember the hubbub (a kerfuffle?) over the NEJM opinion piece written by Dr. Jerome Groopman and Dr. Pamela Hartzband. See my first post...

Recently, Chris Jerry, a friend in the patient safety movement (pictured, at left) told me that he was going to be interviewed on a Fox...

Mark's note: When I first started in healthcare, I worked for a team called ValuMetrix Services, a part of Johnson & Johnson that did...

For those of you who have been around Lean healthcare for a while, I hope you've met or at least heard of Dr. Jack...

Today is the first of two episodes that I'll post here during Patient Safety Awareness Week. I agree with the National Patient Safety Foundation...

A few weeks back, a number of you sent me this article from the New York Times: "Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine" The article...

Today, I'm sharing a link to some free "Lean 101" material that the AMA has created for physicians. I'm not sure when this initiative launched, but I just learned about it... the AMA is offering some online education about Lean in healthcare...

Today's guest is Eric Dickson,MD, MHCM, FACEP, the president and CEO of UMass Medical Center. Today's podcast is a recording of an interview that I did on stage at the 2015 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, as part of the CEO panel I was moderating.

My guests for episode #226 are Steve Hoeft and Dr. Robert (Bob) Pryor from Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas. Bob serves as President, Chief...