Tag: Healthcare
Hospital Safety, Quality and Advertising
I was wondering the other day about hospital advertising that you might see in your community (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads). With the focus...
"Heightened Vigilance" is Not Enough
The Sun Chronicle Online - OpinionA medical error was in the news this week, a teacher was mistakenly given an insulin shot instead of...
A Very Non-Lean ER Experience
Thanks to a Lean Blog reader, Matt, for sending this first-hand account. I'm sorry he (and his wife) had to go through this...
Putting the Burden on Patients?
I saw this ad (click on the photo for a larger, readable view) in the Wall Street Journal Monday. It's an ad run...
Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 2
Here is a follow up to Part 1 of the recent Q&A I've facilitated with our friend, Dr. Bahri. Thanks to the blog...
My Visit with the Lean Dentist, Part 3
Click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of the series of posts about my visit to Dr. Sami Bahri, the "World's First Lean...
Q&A With the Lean Dentist, Part 1
Thanks again to Dr. Sami Bahri for hosting me last week. You can read Part 1 and Part 2 of my visit report, stay...
Are Errors Inevitable??
Huge Price Paid for Stupid, Careless Medical Error | TortdeformLots of discussion of the sad case of the mixed up laboratory specimens and Darrie...
Clearing out my "WIP"
It's time for another segment of "cleaning out the backlog," those articles I meant to blog about, but didn't get to. These are...
Hospital Laboratory Mixups Will Happen Again, Unless…
'I don't want this to happen to anyone else'
This will happen again, unless the process is fixed. Lean can help. Please read on...
I heard...
Hospitals Learning from Hospitals
Oshkosh Northwestern - Systems turn to ThedaCareThere's a great sense of community and sharing in the hospital space -- something the manufacturing world can...
Waste in Philly Pharmacies
Phila. health agency in disarray | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/26/2007I saw this in the news as I was leaving Philly earlier this week. ...