Tag: Healthcare

I was sent a nice "gemba report" essay from a UK lean healthcare consultant, Andrew Castle. Andrew consults for the UK National Health Service...

Got Boondoggle?: The First Lean HospitalMike Wroblewski deserves a lot of credit for digging this up.... early attempt at a lean hospital in a...

Intel, Motion Develop Tablet PC for Nurses - WSJ.comMore news stories via Google.Is this a "siren song" of technology for healthcare? Executives and...

medinnovationblog: Systematic Innovation in U.S. Health Care: Toyota's Lean Manufacturing Method and Its Application to Health CareA post here from the "medinnovationblog" site. ...

Nissan News | Nissan's 'shot in the arm' for healthcare sectorIt's not just Toyota working with the Toyota City hospital or GM helping the...

Business Week Article Here's a good story about how some doctors offices are trying to reduce backlogs and appointment delays, by adopting lean and operations...

StuderGroup - Conversations with Quint StuderAnother great discussion from Quint Studer's management blog (I hate to call it a "healthcare blog" because that might...

Fatal Dose: Ohio Girl is Killed By Medical MistakeHere is a sad story of a girl's death due to a hospital pharmacy mistake. ...

Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog: A woman dies after receiving 8 grams of DilantinI read about this on the blog linked above and the...

From the Northwest Lean Network email listserv, about a week ago:" I...

I'm sure most of you are familiar with or have used the Akro blue bins for organizing parts, tools, or a kanban system. The...

Thanks to blog reader Osvaldo for passing this long. If you've read Lean Thinking or anything about Wiremold's lean journey and wondered about...