Tag: Healthcare

The concept of "Throwback Thursday" is very popular on social media platforms, especially when it comes to people sharing old pictures. Yes, that's me...

Here's the latest video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. Pharmacy manager (now director)...

It's a simple question: what's up with so many men wearing ties in healthcare? Are you / they wearing them because you like to,...

Here's the latest in our series of videos about Kaizen and a culture of continuous improvement at Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis. Scroll...

Call me old fashioned, but I figure any employee who works a full day deserves proper breaks, including a lunch break. This is true...

The ideas, principles, and methods that we'd recognize as "Lean" aren't exclusively of Japanese origin. Many of us, myself included, draw inspiration from Toyota,...

I'm happy to be partnering up again with my friend and fellow contrarian rabble-rouser Jim Benson to do a full-day workshop on Lean for knowledge...

This tweet and photo made me chuckle the other day... If it's "your right" or "your left" as you're going up or down the stairs,...

A few weeks back, I posted the first new video from my Healthcare Kaizen co-author's health system: "Endoscopy Nurses are "Kaizen Crazy" at Franciscan St....

I just got back from Japan last night and I'm going to take it easy during this Thanksgiving week. Rest and family time are...

Mark's note: Today's guest post is by Brian Buck, a fellow lean healthcare  practitioner who blogged until about two years ago at his site...

Here's the third cartoon collaboration with artist Carrie Schurman, CMA (AAMA), a workflow facilitator at a health system in Florida. See all of the cartoons here....