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.

Why Do Hospitals Have to Rely on Vigilant Patients and Families?

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Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital (WSJ) WSJ Health Blog (free): Five Tips for Helping a Family Member in the Hospital I've written...

Mark in an Audio Conference about Lean in Hospital Labs

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The Dark Report presents a new audio conference on...

Lean in a New Zealand E.R.

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Hospital aims for shorter wait times | Otago Daily Times Online Here's today's positive blog post. For cynicism and negativity on a different Lean topic...

5S Isn’t About Neat Desks: Correcting the WSJ’s Misunderstanding of Lean

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Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club - WSJ.com I'm going to violate a rule I have to try not to...

Birthday Ramblings on Errors and Work Design

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Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, recently wrote a good piece on "endorsing" a U.S. presidential candidate. Today, I'm technically Constitution-eligible to be...

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...
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