Tag: Mistake-Proofing

I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others --   "Chasing Zero: Winning the...

You might be familiar with the case where the actor Dennis Quaid's twins were harmed by an overdose at the famed Cedar-Sinai Hospital in...

Note: I edited the post title on April 3 to make it clear this was an April Fool's Joke. Comments posted by readers on...

I'm a very frequent computer user and I'm pretty good with the ole' shortcut keys, on both Mac and Windows (I'm bi-lingual). I remember when...

In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew Resource Management," as written about in...

Hat tip to my friend Jack for pointing out these short videos from the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) that they call "Teachable Moments." The...

Today's post is a few Friday odds and ends about a new thing I've been involved, events I'm attending, and a new book I'm...

When I was in Sweden, the one hospital I visited had an automated coffee machine that made a variety of drinks. In getting a...

On Twitter last week, Tom Peters wrote: This is the wrong premise - it's not that doctors (and nurses, for that matter) aren't smart or...

Update (1/7/10): Turns out the TSA agent walked away from his post. I'd certainly hold someone accountable for that, since it was a conscious...

Some days, it seems the WSJ is a treasure trove of tangentially Lean-related articles. Similar to "blog carnivals," this is sort of a WSJ...

Mistake Proofing Webinar -- Sadly, links are now broken and I'm trying to fix that... I'm producing a free webinar through LEI on Mistake-Proofing to Reduce...