Tag: Healthcare
Emergency Docs Flaunt Standardized Work
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
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
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
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
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!)
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
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
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
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
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?
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"
Hopkins | Episodes -- #1 (Video)Has anyone else watched the ABC "news" show called "Hopkins"? I've seen just the first episode (via iTunes)...