Tag: Healthcare

Emergency Docs Flaunt Standardized Work

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Moonlighting county docs raise questions :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The WatchdogsOK, this isn't strictly a Lean issue, but this caught my eye in the...

Words that Matter in Healthcare

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Healthcare Intelligence Network » Blog Archive » Eight Steps to a Culture of SafetyI think words matter. Action matters, also, but the...

Lean at a Wisconsin Children’s Hospital

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Children's Hospital is going lean - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:Wisconsin is a state that seems to have a disproportionate amount of Lean activity...

Laying off Lean People

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Mass General cuts 200 jobs - Daily Business Update - The Boston GlobeTimes are tough, financially, for many organizations -- hospitals included. About two...

Lean (Not Mean!) in a Thai Hospital

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Hospital management to become lean and meanHere's an article from a Thailand newspaper, where the "Lean and Mean" bug has also bit editors there...

Hospital errors strike again (and again and again and again!)

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By Mike Thelen:Having spent the last 10 years working within Lean disciplines, it is second nature to identify shortcomings in any business model from...

Creating a Lean Family Practice

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Creating a Lean Practice - April 2006 - Family Practice ManagementI started a new client project yesterday, so I'm a bit swamped. I'm excited...

Ford, Henry Ford, the Model T, and a Hospital

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Ok, so I'll combine a mish-mash of Ford related topics into a single post here. First off, it's the 100th anniversary of the Model T,...

Wow, the Joint Commission Moves Slowly

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Heparin errors and patient harm have been in the news quite a bit the last few years. So what are hospital regulators doing about...

Presenting at the Lab Quality Confab

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I'm giving a talk this morning at the "Lab Quality Confab," an event for hospital laboratory leaders. The title of my presentation is "Engaging...

Can Lean Hurt a Hospital Financially?

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Health care fix a joint effort | Postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent:I'm happy to announce a future podcast with John Toussaint, release date TBD. If...

ABC’s Show "Hopkins"

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Hopkins | Episodes -- #1 (Video)Has anyone else watched the ABC "news" show called "Hopkins"? I've seen just the first episode (via iTunes)...
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