Tag: Healthcare
Why don’t we do what we know we’re supposed to do?...
It's easy to point fingers at others who don't do what they know they're supposed to do.
Why don't those nurses and doctors properly clean...
A #Kaizen Example from St. Francis: From “Flavored Snot” to Applesauce...
Here's the latest video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all...
The “Productivity Paradox” of Healthcare IT and the ROI Paradox of...
I've been reading a preview copy of the upcoming book (due out in April) by Dr. Bob Wachter, The Digital Doctor. It's fantastic and...
What Does ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner, MD Say About Safety?
For today's "Throwback Thursday," I recently re-watched parts of a DVD I helped produce a few years back for the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare...
Cool Stuff from KaiNexus – A Quiz, Video, Haikus, Webinar, and...
Our team has been doing some cool stuff over on our KaiNexus website and I wanted to batch up the sharing of some of...
What President Bill Clinton and VP Joe Biden Said About Patient...
Healthcare has become very politicized in the U.S. (and in Canada and other countries). I think the patient safety crisis (and trying to solve...
Audio Parody – “Lean Serial”
My wife and I were late to the wildly popular podcast "Serial," but we listened to the first six episodes while traveling over the...
Mark Graban Interviewed by Dr. Bob Wachter on Lean & Patient...
I'm honored to have been interviewed by Dr. Robert Wachter for his "Web M&M" interview series on the AHRQ website.
In Conversation with...Mark Graban, MS, MBA
Dr....
Visiting and Touring the Toyota Tsutsumi Plant, Part 2
Last week, I wrote a post (part 1) looking back at our visit to the Toyota Tsutsumi factory that was part of our Japan tour that took...
Webinar Previews: Lean is All About People? Leadership Behaviors for Kaizen
Tomorrow afternoon, I'm doing two different webinars that I hope you'll want to sign up for.
Even if you can't attend live, I'd encourage you...
#Throwback Thursday: Punishing and Jailing People for Patient Harm
Today is another "Throwback Thursday" post where I revisit posts from the past. Friday and Saturday, I'm going to be attending the "Patient Safety,...
Fear of speaking up is a broader problem, not just in...
Announcement: Dr. Greg Jacobson and I are doing a new webinar for KaiNexus on "More Leadership Behaviors That Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement'"...