Tag: Healthcare
Toyota’s efficiencies can benefit American health care
David K. Wessner, President and chief executive officer of Park Nicollet Health Services.Here is a column from the leader of a Minnesota non-profit hospital,...
Waste watchers learning the lean routine in clinical laboratories
College of American Pathologists:
It's much more fun to think about what could be (lean healthcare) than what was (GM's dominance in the...
Toyota Assembly Line Inspires Improvements at Hospital
Washington Post (via MSNBC):Another example of the waste-filled health care system adopting TPS methods and approaches:"In adopting the Toyota mind-set, Kaplan said, the 350-bed...
Second Lawsuit Filed In Hydraulic Fluid Mistake At Hospitals
WRAL.com I've talked a little about using lean to prevent medical mistakes. This mistake, someone using hydraulic fluid to clean surgical instruments, is mind...
Park Nicollet: National Leader in Applying ‘Lean Production’ to Health Care
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Another interesting example of "lean health care". I've had a chance to take a tour with the lean process improvement team at...
