Tag: Healthcare
We’d be fine if you just Paid us More
Hospitals prescribe increased reimbursements from insurers to aid recovery of sickly health care systemHospitals need to learn to reduce costs. You can't just...
Medical Mistakes? Just Throw Everyone in Jail for Human Error, Then?
In the news: Charges against nurse igniting a debate
It sure is easier to think that medical mistakes are as simple as one person being...
Why "Pull" for Hospitals?
Before any of you give a knee jerk reaction about how "pull is good, push is bad" --- I agree with you... pull is...
“Assembly Line Medicine”
I give a lot of lean overview presentations to healthcare audiences. While I talk mostly about the application of lean concepts to healthcare (problem...
Applying Little’s Law at the Hospital
This post is partly in tribute to Peter and his Little's Law blogging at shmula.com (it's not all Little's Law all the time, however)....
Poor Quality Costs Hospitals
Hospital-acquired infections take toll on bottom lines - USATODAY.comOne of the problems that hospitals are trying to reduce, through lean methods and other good...
From Pit Crews to Shopfloors to OR’s
London Hospital Gets Tips From Auto Racers, From Pit Stops To Operating Tables, Doctors Learn From Grand Prix Racing - CBS NewsThanks to Bill...
New Quint Studer Leadership Blog
Sharing thoughts, ideas and suggestions on hardwiring success
I've written before about former hospital CEO and healthcare consultant Quint Studer and his amazing book "Hardwiring...
Another Reason for Lean Healthcare
Businesses may move health care overseas - Yahoo! NewsI'm by no means a protectionist, nor do I automatically think any doctors or hospitals outside...
Dr. Kovach is Part of a System…
... and the system sucks!"
That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the...
One Doctor’s View on Lean
Healthcare Efficiency: Lean and MeanHere is a short blog piece on the American Society for Quality website, written by a doctor. It's positive...
