Tag: Healthcare

Denver Health’s CEO Spreading the Word about Lean

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Checking In With Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow On A "Model" Health Care System - Kaiser Health News Dr. Patty Gabow has been one of...

Lean is Not Sustainable, Except When It Is

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What top-performing EDs do - Hospitals & Health Networks I was really, Really, REALLY puzzled by the first line in this article, that read: "Lean, Six...

LeanBlog Podcast #72 – Dr. John Toussaint, Lean & Healthcare Reform

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Our returning guest is John S. Toussaint, MD, the CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. In the...

Modern Healthcare Podcast with Hospital Execs

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Ill. hospital execs find savings in Lean methodologies - Modern HealthcareIt's nice to see Modern Healthcare is doing some podcasts, or at least I...

"Dead by Mistake" Report Hits the News

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As I had alluded to the other day, there was a huge investigative piece that ran across the country Sunday in the Hearst Newspapers....

Behind the Numbers: A Startling Look at Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety,...

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In this post, Mark compiles a range of eye-opening statistics about healthcare quality, patient safety, and medical errors. Acting as a repository of data,...

Enhancing Patient Care with Lean Principles: The Chugachmiut Story in Alaska...

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LeanBlog Podcast Episode #71 is part two of a conversation with Patrick Anderson, the Executive Director of Chugachmiut, the Tribal consortium created to promote...

BREAKING: Big Expose Coming on Medical Errors and Deaths

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Hearst Press Release August 09, 2009This will be developing over the next few days. The Hearst newspaper chain has done a huge expose of...

CNN Video on Lean Methods and Infection Control

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Health care's infectious loss - Video - Business News Short post for today - but an important one. Here's a great video from CNN last...

Podcast Tables Turned on Mark

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In my Podcasts, I normally let me guests do most of the talking. But I was invited by Joe Dager, of the Business901 Podcasts,...

University of Michigan Health System and Lean

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University of Michigan looks to lean principles for system-wide improvements - MLive.comHere is some positive news coming out of my home state of Michigan......

What is Group Health Doing about Waste in Healthcare? A Lot!

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2008 Annual Report: Reducing Waste I had a great visit with Group Health in Seattle on Monday, they are doing some great work with Lean...
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