Tag: Healthcare

I'm happy to present a new multi-part video discussion series about Lean Healthcare Design, featuring Miguel Burbano, an architect and Senior Vice President with...

Again, my apologies for writing about myself today, following up on my post about the upcoming 2nd edition of my book Lean Hospitals: Improving...

The other day, I was reading the latest issue of Esquire magazine, with an interview with the famed actor Robert De Niro. One thing he...

Here is a new reader question from Steve Palmreuter in Michigan. He raises a topic that I've been thinking about lately, so I'm happy...

I received a question from a reader, a retiree from a manufacturing company who is now a volunteer for a healthcare organization. We have...

Following up my notes from Day 1, I'm sharing my notes from the second full day I attended on Wednesday, December 8 2010. Here, in...

This is just my second time attending the annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum - one of about 6,000 medical professionals, leaders, and...

I was recently invited by SixSigmaIQ.com to participate by giving a response to the question "How to beat the mid-project blues?" - looking at...

Here is a new reader question, shared with permission (as always). The reader, who works at a hospital and health system, was asked by a...

I've finally started reading the new book by Charles Kenney, Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience, and...

I've written occasionally about Lean efforts in government (see a list of posts here). There are formal Lean government efforts at varying levels of...

Here's a video produced by Jim Handyside, embedded here with his permission. More inspirational than educational, there are still some concepts related to Lean...