Tag: Healthcare

Healthcare Improvement Through Lean, Leadership, and Learning

Healthcare improvement isn’t about working harder—it’s about better systems, better leadership, and a culture that supports learning and speaking up. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on Lean healthcare, patient safety, quality improvement, leadership, and continuous improvement. Many of these posts draw on real hospital experiences and lessons from Deming, Toyota, and frontline healthcare teams, with a consistent emphasis on respect for people and learning from mistakes.

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)...

A Pharmacy Transformation and Lean Concepts

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Pharmacy transformed at Women and Children's Hospital Here is a story about a Buffalo hospital that designed a new pharmacy space. The article doesn't mention...

5S for Therapeutic Use

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Running a hospital: Surprising use of LeanPaul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, is a blogger and advocate for Lean...
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