Tag: Healthcare
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...
My At-Home Medical Mistake: Taking the Wrong Version of Day /...
I'm a bit mad at myself for inflicting some preventable human error on myself last night. It's OK, I didn't harm myself, but let...
The Need for Lean at BIDMC
I read Paul Levy's blog every chance I get. He is the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Although...
Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare
IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Print Version)Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei...
Operational Solutions instead of Political Solutions
A new design for healthcare delivery - The Boston Globe
Good column here from Steve Spear (of "Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System"...
Adverse Drug Events and Harm in Hospitals – Follow Up on...
Here are some follow-up articles, quotes, and data following up on the news from the other day that Dennis Quaid's twins were impacted by...
Updated: How Often Must the Same Mistake Be Repeated?
Dennis Quaid's newborns reportedly harmed by medical mix-up - Los Angeles Times
(Updated 4:57 PM, again at 9:51 PM, see bottom of post)
If this story...
“You’re the Time Study Man”
I have a funny story from earlier this week. I was doing some process observation with nurses at a hospital, helping them identify waste...
From the "Far East" to Scotland’s Hospitals
Scotsman.com News - Health - NHS Lothian looks to Far East for ideasHere's another good example of Lean progress in the UK. In...
