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Dan Markovitz, the Author of ‘A Factory of One’ on the...
Our guest for episode #135 is Dan Markovitz, author of the new book A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and...
Webinar Recording from a University of Michigan Health System Lean Leader
Yesterday, the MIT SDM program hosted a webinar by Dr. Jack Billi from University of Michigan. I had the good fortune to meet Dr....
Podcast #127 – Dr. Richard Shannon, on Lean, Quality & Patient...
Podcast #127 is a very special conversation with a leader and a hero of mine in the world of patient safety, Richard P. Shannon,...
Case Study: Standardization of Anesthesia Carts Across Multiple Sites
Today's post is a case study submitted by Abdul N. Mansour, Director Lean & Process Improvement at Scottsdale (AZ) Healthcare. The material here and...
MD or MBA as CEO? Wrong Question?
As I've worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I've sometimes wondered if there's been a study on the differences in results between hospitals...
A Discussion with Group Health Leaders on Lean & Medical Home...
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This episode is a discussion with two leaders from Group Health Cooperative, a consumer-governed, nonprofit health care system based in Seattle, Washington. My guests...
Dr. Mrinalini Gadkari on the Ohio State Healthcare MBOE Program –...
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Today's episode is a discussion with Mrinalini Gadkari, a Senior Lecturer at the Fisher College of Business. Today, we're talking about the new Master...
Preventing Brain Surgery Errors… Not Exactly Rocket Science
Thanks to those of you who sent me the link to this Washington Post article called "The Pain of Wrong Site Surgery." The piece...
Dr,. Jody Crane & Chuck Noon, Interview About Lean Healthcare for...
Today's episode is a chat with Jody Crane, MD, MBA and Chuck Noon, PhD. They are talking about their outstanding book The Definitive Guide...
Summit 2011: Lean Transformation Videos from St. Boniface Hospital
We had a great first day at our Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Seattle (with lots of tweets from attendees you can follow along...
Guest Post: The Chain of Improvement
Mark's note: Today's guest post is from Dr. Mark Jaben. I first met Mark in person at Cindy Jimmerson's Lean Healthcare West conference in...
Lean Lessons for Healthcare from a Boeing 737 Factory Video
Podcaster Cali Lewis (a fellow DFW-area Texan) hosts a show called GeekBeat.tv, where she normally highlights new consumer tech gadgets and nerdy robots from...