Tag: Healthcare
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. ...
Looking for Muda in Hospitals
Institute for Healthcare Improvement ArticleThis article from the IHI talks about the need to find "muda" (waste) in hospitals. They say:"In the health...
Dare to Wear this Button?
I've written before about the "Ask Me" campaign that runs in many hospitals, usually in context of "ask me if I've washed my hands."...
From Autos to Healthcare
In Shift, Auto Workers Flee to Health-Care Jobs - WSJ.com:This story caught my ear, first, when I heard it on the Wall Street Journal...
Relying on Memory Leads to Errors
Patient Safety Blog - Telling Our StoriesHere is an unfortunate story about a surgeon operating on the wrong side of an 86 year-old man,...
