Tag: Lab

In the world of continuous improvement and Lean management, clear and respectful communication is crucial. Let's take a moment to examine two different approaches...

Today, I'm giving a talk at the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) conference in Toronto. I was invited by the company Quotient to participate in a panel presentation and discussion with some laboratory professionals from the U.S. and the U.K. The others are presenting examples of how they have improved flow, productivity, and quality in blood collection and hospital blood bank settings. Lean often gets portrayed as just being about efficiency or flow, when Toyota's definition of the Toyota Production System talks about how flow and quality go hand in hand. I was specifically asked to give a short talk titled, "What Do Cars Have to Do With Healthcare? How to Adopt and Adapt Lessons From Manufacturing."

Recently, I wrote about an on-site event that I helped the Iowa Lean Consortium and Mary Greeley Medical Center (MGMC) organize... here is my first...

It's probably, ahem, not the most closely watched election race in the United States today, but it will be interesting to see if Washington...

Continuing my series of blog posts about my July trip to China, today's post is about my first significant walk through a hospital during...

How many times do we hear people say things like “We don’t have time for Lean” or “We don’t have time for Kaizen“? It happens a lot, right? As I’ve said before (and this video) a “lack of time” is a problem to solve...

To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...

I think this was my sixth consecutive year attending the annual Society for Health Systems Conference, held this year in New Orleans. In the next...

Podcast #104 is a discussion with Dr. Peter Patterson (@IDrPete), a friend of mine and the Lean Blog the past few years. He wrote...

Why do you need a "be careful" warning message when you've already error proofed something? For liability's sake? I am going to be flying back...