Tag: Healthcare
ThedaCare, Lean, and Primary Care in the News
ThedaCare, the health system in Wisconsin, often gets a lot of attention for the Lean improvements in their four hospitals, but they are also...
Lean Healthcare Examples from Seattle and the UK
This linked article ("Lean cuts Healthcare Costs at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle") summarizes improvements and Lean methods at Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center...
Parody Audio: Marketing Lean Healthcare Like the iPad
If you've been anywhere near a TV lately, you've probably heard and seen this hypnotizing "What is iPad?" commercial (YouTube link). The announcer breathlessly...
Doctor’s Office Raises Price Because They Can?
A common theme I've written about from the start of my blogging days is the Lean/Toyota notion that price is dictated by the market...
Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Conference, Part 2 – His...
Last week, I published Part 1 of my notes about a breakfast talk by Dr. Brent James at the Shingo Prize Conference.
https://www.leanblog.org/2010/05/notes-from-dr-brent-james-at-the-shingo-prize-part-1/
One of the...
A Lean Healthcare Intro Video
A few weeks back, I was given the chance to preview a Lean Healthcare intro video from a Wisconsin firm called Optima. The video...
Notes from Dr. Brent James Teaching at the Shingo Prize Conference...
At last week's Shingo Prize conference, I was very excited to meet Dr. Stephen Covey (my podcast is here), but I was just as...
Passport “Processing Time” or Waiting Time?
I recently heard this on a cable news channel that was blaring in the airport:
"The current passport processing time is 3 to 6 weeks"....
A Glimpse into a “3P” Lean Space Design Process
Paul Levy has shared some photos and a video, from Boston's Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, that gives a glimpse into the design of...
Distracted Driving Deaths Distract Us from Medical Error Deaths?
The general public still, generally speaking, doesn't realize how much preventable harm and death occurs in healthcare each year. Efforts like the Dennis Quaid...
These Primary Care Improvements Don’t Sound “Mean” to Me
Here's yet another article with the lazy "Lean and Mean" cliche' in the headline: "Make Your Physician Practice a Lean, Mean Healing Machine." Real...
Surgical Robots are Great, Unless You’re Not Trained to Use Them?
The idea of "surgical robots" is an interesting one. As a Lean guy, I'm naturally somewhat skeptical of technology - not to be a...
