Tag: Healthcare

Join Me at Lean Healthcare PowerDay, 4/10/12 in Las Vegas

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I'm thrilled to be part of an amazing program at the Lean Healthcare PowerDay event being sponsored by Healthcare Performance Partners in Las Vegas,...

Thoughts on Patient Safety Awareness Week

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March 4 to 10 has been "Patient Safety Awareness Week" from the National Patient Safety Foundation. I'm certainly in favor of patient safety and have...

Two Lean Jobs in the New York HHC

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The country's largest public health system, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation has two Lean healthcare jobs available and they've asked me...

Farewell to the “Move to Healthcare” Ning Group; Sharing a Success...

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About three years ago, I started a group on the Ning platform called "Move to Healthcare." Sadly, I've decided to shut down the site,...

Preview of the KaiNexus iPhone App – making improvement easier, anywhere

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KaiNexus has an initial v 1.0 iPhone app that's about ready to be submitted to Apple! It's been an exciting past few months at KaiNexus,...

Staff Ideas Improving Freeman Health System

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I wish I had shared this story when the video was still available (not sure why the TV station pulled it down) -- in...

1 in 7000 – What are the Odds for Lean Healthcare...

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If you're a gambler and you take my post title literally, you might be thinking, "The odds? The odds are 1 in 7000, or...

Weekend Fun: An Elegant Solution by Subtraction (“Parks & Recreation”)

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Our good friend Matt May (see posts and podcasts about him here) has a new book coming out in October,  The Laws of Subtraction:...

Weekend Fun: Where Good Ideas Go to Die

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There's a funny cartoon over at ONEFTE.com about suggestions and employee ideas. The post is titled "Where good ideas go to die." One time...

Reader Questions: Lean and Process Improvement in Healthcare

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I received some really good questions from a reader, Nick, who has recently crossed industries to bring his Lean Manufacturing experience into healthcare. Since...

Lots of Great Lean Healthcare Progress in Iowa

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Thanks to Dean Bliss for sending an article to me about some of the great Lean healthcare work taking place in Iowa. I've visited...

Podcast #139 – David Munch, MD of Healthcare Performance Partners on...

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Listen: Episode #139 is a conversation with Dave Munch, MD, the Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for Healthcare Performance Partners (HPP). Before joining...