Tag: Healthcare

Healthcare Improvement Through Lean, Leadership, and Learning

Healthcare improvement isn’t about working harder—it’s about better systems, better leadership, and a culture that supports learning and speaking up. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on Lean healthcare, patient safety, quality improvement, leadership, and continuous improvement. Many of these posts draw on real hospital experiences and lessons from Deming, Toyota, and frontline healthcare teams, with a consistent emphasis on respect for people and learning from mistakes.

LAME: Lean is Not Automation

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Here's another example of what you might call "L.A.M.E" ("Lean" As Misguidedly Executed) instead of "Lean."I received a disturbing report in my email inbox...

BBC Radio Program on Lean Hospitals

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BBC - Radio 4 - In BusinessCOMING MID 2008, A NEW BOOK ON LEAN HEALTHCARE - "Lean Hospitals: Improving Patient Safety, Quality, and Employee...

Lean and MD’s, Defining "Value"

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DailyKaizen » What the patient is willing to pay forHow about this for a circular (almost) network of blogs? I'm linking to...

How Toyota Can Save Your Life… At the Hospital

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ChangeThis :: How Toyota Can Save Your Life...At the Hospital The page linked to above (link now dead) has an essay I was invited to...

Old Gilbreth Studies in Health Care

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The following comes from Jeff, a Lean Blog reader from Vermont:------------------------------------Love the blog...I look/read every day. Keep up the good work!You may have...

Creativity before Capital

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Want to stop disease from spreading? Open a window - Yahoo! NewsWhat works best for stopping the spread of disease in a hospital?Negative pressure...

What you Learn by Just Observing

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Recently, I spent a few days doing some current state assessment work with a healthcare billing environment. I spent my time shadowing employees,...

Does the Solo Doc = "Lean" Doc?

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WSJ Article: Faltering Family M.D.s Get Technology Lifeline While I was skeptical of Intel's planned tablet PC for nurses, I'm much more positive in my...

UK Hospitals Gemba Walk the U.S.

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

Great Find on an Early Lean Hospital

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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.com

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

Would Lean Work in Small MD Practices?

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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. ...
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