Tag: Healthcare
A Modern MD Who Makes House Calls
Jay Parkinson, MD. A doctor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and ManhattanHIStalk Interviews Jay Parkinson MD MPH, House Call DoctorPosts will be pretty sparse and short...
My Book is Done!
Just an update for those who were following the progress of my book on "Lean Hospitals." It's done! I have submitted the manuscript to...
Why Do Patients Have to Do This?
The Informed Patient - WSJ.comGood column in the WSJ today, as always, from Laura Landro. She writes about the need for patients to take...
Mindless Government Bureaucracy Puts a Halt to Hospital Checklists
A Lifesaving Checklist - New York TimesA number of you have emailed me, yes I'm aware of this horrible, ridiculous development that followed earlier...
Updated: Glenn Beck’s Surgery Gone "Horribly Awry"
This is compelling video (scroll down), radio and TV talk show host Glenn Beck, talking about his surgery gone "horribly awry" and how "phenomenally...
A Lean Hospital Story in Tennessee
Memphis Daily News - Le Bonheur's New Treatment-Speeding System Ups Productivity by 54 Percent - 12/11/2007Here's a news story about a hospital I know...
TWI Job Instruction Method for Healthcare
TWI BlogThanks to Bryan for sending this along. The link above is to his site, which has a link to a PDF file that...
Gaming the Numbers in the UK, Again
Blundering hospitals 'kill 40,000 a year' - Britain - Times Online:Ah, gaming the numbers... everyone's favorite pastime. It certainly is here in the State,...
Checklists and Standardized Work in Patient Care
New Yorker - Dr. Atul GawandeHere is an outstanding piece by one of my favorite medical writers, on the use of checklists (a form...
Quaid Case Update: Whose Responsibility is Standardized Work?
If you're a regular reader, you might recall the Cedar-Sinai medical error that harmed Dennis Quad's twins (and others).
Quaid and his wife are now...
Follow Ups to BIDMC
If you've been following any of the posts about healthcare, here are a few interesting follow ups.Following up on this post about Boston's Beth...
The Need for Clean Hospitals
Our Unsanitary Hospitals - WSJ.comThat's "Clean", not a typo of "Lean." Good column in the WSJ today by Betsy McCaughey, head of the...
