Tag: Healthcare

Before any of you give a knee jerk reaction about how "pull is good, push is bad" --- I agree with you... pull is...

I give a lot of lean overview presentations to healthcare audiences. While I talk mostly about the application of lean concepts to healthcare (problem...

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)....

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...

London Hospital Gets Tips From Auto Racers, From Pit Stops To Operating Tables, Doctors Learn From Grand Prix Racing - CBS NewsThanks to Bill...

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...

Businesses may move health care overseas - Yahoo! NewsI'm by no means a protectionist, nor do I automatically think any doctors or hospitals outside...

... and the system sucks!" That was the final line of a recent episode of ER that we just watched last night (thanks to the...

Healthcare Efficiency: Lean and MeanHere is a short blog piece on the American Society for Quality website, written by a doctor. It's positive...

Ark. Hospital, Surgeon Sued For Performing Unnecessary Heart Surgeries When I teach lean overview training in healthcare settings, it's often tough to find examples of...

This has always been a problem in the manufacturing world -- companies selecting equipment that is "biggest, fastest, and cheapest" (or at least "cheapest"...

I saw this last week when doing some lean assessment work with a hospital Operating Room and support services. One of the main...