Tag: Healthcare

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #4, again featuring Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker is...

I ran into my first real "nasty" person in the healthcare world back a few months back. I still have my scars from...

AME - The Association For Manufacturing ExcellenceLooks like a great event that AME is running up in Seattle.Virginia Mason has a great reputation as...

Conference To Hear How Hospital Saves Time (from This Is Lancashire)I'm sure they are doing good lean healthcare work at this hospital in the...

Breaking the moldA good overview article is linked above, about applying lean, TPS, and systems thinking to healthcare.Two reports cited in the article:"Building a...

IndustryWeek : Lean Health Care? It Works!Here is a piece from 2003, still incredibly relevant. There is a great story of how lean...

Lean Blog: Early Risers in Healthcare! (My belly aching from March)OK, a new early "low" of sorts. Currently visiting a hospital, patient blood...

Private Sector: Safe hospitals Here is another great overview of applying lean to hospitals, including a mention of the excellent DVD, "Good News... How Hospitals...

I've been working with "lean healthcare" in my day job for about a year now. I'm giving a presentation on Friday about...

DailyKaizen » Quote of the WeekAnother great historical quote, check out their lean healthcare blog in the link above."Give so much time to...

WOAI: San Antonio News - Woman Dies after Medical Mistake at CTRCAn 81 year-old woman died tragically after she was injected with 100cc of...

Fun day today. Healthcare, maybe more than other industries, is prone to tolerating and institutionalizing workarounds, as Steven Spear has written about.As I'm...