Tag: Healthcare

STLtoday - News - Science & MedicineThis was sent to me by blog reader Joe. He was appalled to read about this and...

I was able to tour a hospital laboratory that had already gone through the lean process.One metric was a daily tally of "sticks per...

Drug makers must think about different packaging | IndyStar.comHere's a picture of the two drugs that were mixed up when the three babies were...

This is an incredibly sad, and completely preventable, situation. Three babies are dead, and three more injured, because the wrong drug was administered...

Squeezing the fat from health care - baltimoresun.comHere is another nice overview of some of the results seen from the application of Lean Thinking...

Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiThanks to the Gemba blog. The article he linked to talks about the need to...

Oregon Health Forum - Events Thanks to Andrea for this. Who is Virginia Mason and why does she have a production system? No, it's a...

AME - The Association For Manufacturing Excellence. WelcomeHere is a chance to tour Saint Mary's Health Care, in Grand Rapids Michigan, via the AME....

State's long disciplinary process doesn't protect patients, critics sayHere is a story about complaints with Florida's disciplinary system for physicians. The system seems...

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...