Tag: Healthcare

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...

Swarming for Improvement

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As we study the processes we use to do our work, we see opportunities that we may not have even considered before we learned...

More Restaurant Automation – Automating Waste?

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YouTube - Automated Bagel Slicer Right after I posted this link with the Yo! Sushi video last week, I went out to run some errands. I...

Value Stream Mapping in Healthcare – Does it Differ?

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A reader, Dan, asked a great question on the MoveToHealthcare.ning.com site (since closed), re-used here with his permission: I recently attended a 2-day Lean Healthcare...

National Patient Safety Day – Clarity in the Meaning

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Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Supports 'National Patient Safety Day' - Press Releases - CNBC.comI was walking through Boston Common this morning and saw a...

Article about Lean in Canadian Cataract Surgery and More

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A clear vision for better health care - The Globe and MailThis is an article about Lean improvements in the British Columbia health system,...

Measuring for Improvement

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Note: Welcome LEI visitors... you can check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org, as I hope you'll come back. Here are some other...

One Purple Audacious Goal… Northwestern Football or Healthcare Improvement

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This might seem like a post about football... but stick with me even if you're not a sports fan. Many of you regular readers know...

My New Lean Healthcare Workshop through LEI

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Key Concepts of Lean in Healthcare - lean.orgAs part of my role with the Lean Enterprise Institute, I am developing a two-day intro course...

Caution! Warning Signs in the UK

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I was fortunate to be in England for five days last week. I saw the "gemba" at five hospitals in three days and attended...

Nice Lean Healthcare Overview in Healthcare Journal

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Leading Lean: A Canadian Healthcare Leader's Guide :: Vol. 12 No. 3 2009 :: Healthcare Quarterly :: Longwoods PublishingToday, I'll share a link I've...

“Lean Won’t Work Here… We’re Different!” Is That Really True?

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I'm sure anybody who has done any work with Lean has heard these words said in one form or another, often prefaced with a...
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