Tag: Healthcare

Dr. Atul Gawande and Checklists on “The Daily Show”

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Here is a nice 5-minute introduction to the topic without too much mockery from Jon Stewart! Stewart even makes a Star Wars reference - an...

Revisiting and Re-reading Dr. Deming’s “Out of the Crisis” – Chapter...

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For a number of reasons, I've decided to re-read my copy of one of the most influential books I've ever read: Out of the...

Wisconsin Hospitals Adopting Lean

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This story is from Wisconsin Public Radio talks about Lean at Aurora Health Care, based in the Milwaukee area. ("Hospitals Turn to Lean Management...

Guest Post: Improving Hospital Equipment Availability

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Mark's note: This is a guest post made available for me to post by Barnes-Jewish Hospital. by Laurie Wolf and Nancy Sigillito The full article is...

Did this WSJ reviewer even read “The Checklist Manifesto?”

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I just finished Dr. Atul Gawande's latest book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. I believe that this book is the single...

Akron Children’s Hospital Embraces Lean

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Here is an article that discusses the adoption of Lean methods at Akron Children's Hospital ("Hospital embraces lean strategies of manufacturing"). The article spells out...

The Impact of Toyota’s Quality Problems on “Lean Healthcare”?

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As I'm traveling back from Sweden today, I think I'll be catching up on the web reaction to Toyota's major quality problems and recalls....

Lean in Sweden: Tools < Thinking

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I had an incredible visit to a hospital in Stockholm yesterday, to walk the "gemba" (the actual workplace)   to see their lean improvement...

“Strategy Deployment” Online Video Education from John Toussaint

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One project I'm involved with at the LEI is an online video education event on the topic of "strategy deployment," confusing known also as...

Lean Healthcare Overview Video from Americans in Sweden

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As I'm currently in Sweden, I was reminded of this video I found recently featuring John Black, a lean healthcare consultant and author who...

Lean is “Loving Care”? Lean IS Loving Care… Or Should Be

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As you read this, I'll have just arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, where I have the honor of being the guest of UniLabs, a European...

Video No Longer Available

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Sorry, the hospital had reconsidered and they asked me to take the video down. I'm sorry for any inconvenience.