Tag: Healthcare

By Andrew Castle: Mark's note: Today's guest blogger is a friend of the blog and a consultant who does Lean work for the UK's...

APM Marketplace (Business/Economy radio)As you've read here, I'm trying to help get the word out that we should be not just focusing on access...

In my morning reading yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see the phrase "root cause" in two stories I've written about here:Preventable Medical Errors...

I'm very excited to announce that I will be recording a LeanBlog Podcast interview with Dr. Sami Bahri, the "First Lean Dentist," on Tuesday...

Parkland Hospital Deploys Galvanon's MediKiosk(TM) in the ER to Decrease Patient Wait Times It's been discussed here before, how hospitals are just as susceptible as...

Value-Stream Improvement for the Office and Services The Lean Enterprise Institute is giving a free webinar on August 2nd, featuring a hospital that presented...

After watching Michael Moore virtually melt down on CNN a few minutes ago, I had some thoughts...As I wrote about before, there are two...

Better questions, wiser answers - The Washington TimesA "hat tip" to the curious cat for finding this excellent column by Clare Crawford-Mason, the producer...

Hard-up hospital orders staff: Don't wash sheets - turn them over the Daily MailUpdated: The hospital denies the claims (as has a commenter...

What are your thoughts? I wrote last week about my thoughts and hopes for the movie "SiCKO". I've actually seen the film now. I won't...

I've been asked a few times by blog readers about the movie "Sicko" since I work in the healthcare world. It opens tomorrow in...

The positive ER post of the day.... here's a nice video of a news story from the UK. The physician being interviewed does...