Tag: Emergency Dept

Patients waiting too long for the E.D. is a problem around the world. Many U.S. hospitals put up billboards that claim to shed light on how long you'll have to wait. But are the signs and numbers more confusing than helpful? Does it matter?

This story was sent to me by somebody I know with a Lean manufacturing career. It's shocking, but it could happen anywhere, I suppose....

You might remember my post from June about an emergency physician who wrote a journal article bashing "Lean" -- but what he described didn't...

Now, there’s a story written by an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Brad Cotton, that appears in a publication called “Emergency Medicine News” — FIRST PERSON: ‘We Fired Our Hospital’...

Mark's Note: Today's guest post comes via my friends at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, who suggested this case study from Salem Health....

There's been a back-and-forth of views about the state of pediatric emergency medicine recently in the Wall Street Journal. Let me start first, actually, with...

Last Wednesday and Thursday, I collaborated with Joe Swartz and a countless number of his colleagues to host 24 visitors from different health systems (and...

Hospital billboards and health system advertising can be a curious thing. One ad that I see driving between San Antonio and Austin is one...

I've partnered up with the Ohio-based non-profit consulting group, TechSolve, over the past few years in some of their Lean healthcare promotions efforts, recently...

It's again time to close some browser tabs and clear out the backlog of articles I've wanted to share but maybe don't merit an...

"Approximately 8 to 10% of the individuals who walk through our doors are being hurt by us," says David  Musyj, CEO of Windsor Regional...

I've cited his book before (including this post with an example from The Office)...  Brian Joiner wrote, in his outstanding book Fourth Generation Management:...