Tag: Healthcare

STLtoday - Business - Story Here is an overview and general awareness article from the St. Louis paper. It's always nice to see lean (and...

Any of the healthcare readers out there attending the SHS conference in New Orleans in February? If so, send me a message via...

Quint Studer is a former hospital CEO who I've mentioned a lot here. He has an outstanding blog now. In his issues, he doesn't...

In China, Preventive Medicine Pits Doctor Against System - WSJ.com:Continuing the discussion from Evolving Excellence, today's WSJ has a well timed article. This...

A Novel Plan Helps Hospital Wean Itself Off Pricey Tests - WSJ.comKevin, over at Evolving Excellence, raised a similar issue about misaligned incentives and...

I've been wondering for a while what the value of my CPIM certification is (a previous employer paid for it). APICS has been...

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » In-house Health ClinicsTip of the hat to John for finding this article about companies bringing some doctor...

Personal request -- I'm looking for a Dallas/Fort Worth area company that is in an advanced state of lean implementation. (that's quite a flexible...

ThedaCare program gets boostThedaCare has already been seen as a leader in applying lean to hospitals, but its good to see they are continuing...

I saw this at a hospital lab last year, a great example of true error proofing vs. just putting up warning signs. "Cautions" and...

Happy New Year!As 2006 ends, I hope many of you had a GREAT lean year. Please add your comments about your lean accomplishments...

Hospital cost, quality are at oddsIn the manufacturing world, the old "mass production" thinking said there was a tradeoff in cost and quality, that...