Tag: Healthcare

Lean Overview Article in “The Hospitalist”

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The Lean Hospital The Hospitalist is a publication for physicians who practice "hospital medicine." I had a chance to be interviewed for what turned out...

Mark on the "Better Process" Podcast

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PodcasterNews - Better Process Podcast - Industry Report Mark Graban LeanHospitalsBook.comOK, this is turning into a highly promotional week for my book, hope that's...

Mark on the "Competing Podcast"

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Lean Thinking Network | Competing Podcast » Archive » Competing Mark GrabanThanks to Dwight Bowen for having me as a guest on...

A Powerful Message on Lean and Healthcare

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Why I Work In Healthcare | DailyKaizenHere's a great one to end the day on... Lee Fried has a powerful post over on the...

Surgical Checklists in the News!

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WHO Proposes Checklist to Reduce Surgery Errors : NPR A surgical revolution: checklist that could prevent thousands of deaths Thanks to long-time readers Chet and Andrew...

Tom Peters: The high number of hospital-caused drug errors and infections...

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From Modern Healthcare (link no longer available), Tom Peters throws a few verbal bombs at the healthcare industry: Quality gains needn't be costly, Peters tells...

My Letter to the IE Magazine

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I'm a proud member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and their sub-organization the Society for Health Systems. I try to contribute to the...

Let the Process Experts Decide

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Leading article: Infected by political calculationThis isn't a "Lean" story, per se, but it still caught my eye. Hospital-acquired infections are a major problem...

Lean in a Liverpool Hospital

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Follow Royal's example on waiting lists, hospitals told - Liverpool Daily Post.co.ukNice story from here in the UK (where I am right now), about...

LeanBlog Podcast #46 — Dean Bliss, Lean Healthcare

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Episode #46 is a chat with a good friend of the Lean Blog, Dean Bliss, a Lean Improvement Specialist with the Iowa Health System....

The President of Johns Hopkins Believes In Lean

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Johns Hopkins Gazette | June 9, 2008From the online newsletter of William R. Brody, president of The Johns Hopkins University. He writes: ...

‘Lean" (Toyota Production System) is Not Just for "Lean Times" (Bad...

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Grand Forks Herald | News in area business (scroll down)From a North Dakota newspaper... see if you can spot the part of the article...