Tag: England

Lean at UCLA Harbor Medical Center Featured by the BBC

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The BBC radio program "The Science Hour" recently aired a program with a segment where an unexpected person (Dr. Kevin Fong) to an unexpected...

See How a British Psychiatrist is Using LEGO Videos to Explain...

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A collection of creative videos was recently brought to my attention and I'd like to share them here. They are created by Dr. Mark...

Healthcare Headlines in the UK are Mostly Similar to the US

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As I wrote about last month, I love newspapers, so I felt like I fit into the culture last week when I spent five...

Cleaning out the Backlog: 3P in the NHS, “Secret” HAI Weapons,...

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As I sometimes do, I'm going to close out a bunch of browser tabs (which makes my Mac run faster) and I'll do that...

Throwback Thursday: A Lean Healthcare Conference From 2007

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Back in 2007, I had my first opportunity to travel to England, a country I really love visiting. I had the chance to attend...

Guest Post: “Do No Harm” – Patient Safety is Defined by...

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Mark's Note: I met today's guest blogger, Gus Lusack, when I was working with a hospital pathology department in the British NHS. Gus was...

What’s Up With Neckties in Healthcare?

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It's a simple question: what's up with so many men wearing ties in healthcare? Are you / they wearing them because you like to,...

Happy Talk Headlines vs. Sad Realities to Fix in Healthcare

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As National Patient Safety Awareness Week continues, thanks go to Graham Foster for sending me this article from the UK: Most NHS staff deem care...

Parallels and Learning Between Aircraft Engine MRO and Human Healthcare

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My wife is a leader in a business (not GE) that does aircraft engine "MRO" work - maintenance, repair, and overhaul. I've been able...

Easier to Game the Numbers than Fix the System — in...

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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:...

UK: Nurses Struggle to Get Their Work Done; Dissatisfaction Soars, Quality...

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I recently saw this headline in the London Evening Standard: "Nurses struggle to 'get the job done' due to staff shortages and lack of...

Stuff I’m Reading: August 15, 2012

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Picking up a feature I was doing a few months back, the backlog of stuff I've read and wanted to blog about has grown......