Tag: Healthcare

This news story, "Ottawa Hospital seeks fourth MRI machine," from Ottawa describes an unfortunate situation where 90% of patients had been waiting 360 days...

This article from Detroit's Crain's Business Journal ("Lean machine: Health care follows auto's lead, gears up for efficiency") highlights a growing lean healthcare movement...

Episode #9 is a new video discussion with Dr. Bahri, the "World's First Lean Dentist" (see also Video Podcast #5). Today we talk about...

Podcast #82 is another discussion with with Dr. Sami Bahri, D.D.S., a dentist from Jacksonville, Florida. He is a pioneer in using Lean methods...

A phrase I keep hearing more of in the Lean world, even at a few hospitals is that leaders want "everyone to be a...

On Twitter last week, Tom Peters wrote: This is the wrong premise - it's not that doctors (and nurses, for that matter) aren't smart or...

A year or two ago, I saw a hospital job posting for a Lean implementer. This hospital wanted every certification under the sun, including...

Here is a short video from Johns Hopkins Medicine, a member of the Healthcare Value Network, an effort I help facilitate through the Lean...

It's an honor to again contribute to John Hunter's amalgamated Management Improvement Blog Carnival. The main page is located here. Ten bloggers are each...

Update (1/7/10): Turns out the TSA agent walked away from his post. I'd certainly hold someone accountable for that, since it was a conscious...

Article Link: Lexington hospitals building to be the best This article talks about the lean efforts of some hospitals in Lexington, KY - about 30...

Obama Awards Budget-Minded Federal Employee I saw this in the news yesterday about a federal employee from the VA, Nancy Fichtner, a clerk at the...