Tag: Healthcare

Dr. Don Berwick, Supporter of Lean Healthcare, to be New Obama...

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Dr. Donald Berwick (bio), founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has reportedly named by President Obama to head Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

Guest Post: Captain Sully Talks about Lean and Healthcare Safety

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Mark's note: I am thrilled to be able to bring you this guest post from my friend and fellow lean healthcare author Naida Grunden....

Of 777s and Heart Rate Monitors

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In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew Resource Management," as written about in...

LeanBlog Podcast #86 – David Sundahl, PhD, “Adaptive Design” and Lean...

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Episode #86 is a conversation with David Lawrence Sundahl, PhD, Managing Director of Rule 4 Consulting. They are a firm that works with healthcare...

100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating… or Not Embracing Lean

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Today, I'll simply point you to a blog post by Mitch Ditkoff called "Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating." Many, if not all...

“Lean ROI” Interview with Virginia Mason CEO, Gary Kaplan, M.D.

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Those who follow Lean healthcare know that Virginia Mason Medical Center, in Seattle, is one of the world's leaders in improving care through Lean...

Is Medical Education a Systemic Root Cause of Poor Quality?

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I will try to be careful with this topic, since I'm obviously not a doctor. Criticism of doctors gets thrown around pretty easily around...

Teachable Moments from PRHI

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Hat tip to my friend Jack for pointing out these short videos from the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) that they call "Teachable Moments." The...

A Week of Lean and Patient Involvement at BIDMC

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I had the opportunity to finally meet "e-Patient Dave" at the HIMSS conference about 10 days ago, where he spoke on the topic of...

My Lean Healthcare Talk at MIT, 2009

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Last July, I was fortunate to be invited to give a guest lecture at the MIT EdNet / Lean Advancement  Initiative's  Lean Healthcare Academy. Here...

A Pharmacist’s Jail Cell Interview – What Good Does Blame Do?

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Here's one to ponder and comment on - does putting a pharmacist in jail for six months and ruining his career and life do...

Another CEO Talk: “Can I Say That?”

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The final keynote talk at the recent Society for Health Systems / ASQ Healthcare conference was given by Dr. Barry Silbaugh, a former hospital...