Tag: Healthcare

I hope y'all had a nice Memorial Day weekend here in the U.S. It's a global audience for the blog, but I had the...

Here's my latest post for LinkedIn through their "Influencers" series. It might be old hat to readers of this blog, but I hope what...

The phrase "Lean journey" is used widely to describe an organization's transformation over time. It's either a phrase that invokes helpful imagery or it's...

Joining me for episode #222 of the podcast is Erin S. DuPree, M.D., FACOG, the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President for the Joint Commission...

In my first post about the on-site Kaizen learning experience at Franciscan St. Francis Health, an event I came to call "Kaizen Live," I...

There's been a back-and-forth of views about the state of pediatric emergency medicine recently in the Wall Street Journal. Let me start first, actually, with...

My friend Ryan, who works at a hospital in Canada, sent me a few pictures of an Industrial Engineering textbook that he used almost...

Following up on yesterday's post on seemingly successful experiments with ACOs, here's another article, from HBR, on "safety huddles" in healthcare: "How Every Hospital Should Start...

You might be considered "wonky" for enjoying the topics discussed here at LeanBlog.org... but that's fine. This is a safe environment for being wonky...

I was asked an interesting and thought-provoking question the other day: "Are there any hospitals where you'd suggest not trying to adopt Lean or situations...

I was on a long flight the other day and I watched an episode of the ABC comedy Black-ish. In episode 3 of the...

I've been a big fan of Dr. Atul Gawande's writing for a long time (see previous posts about him and his work). His latest article...