Tag: Patient Safety
Are Today’s Hospitals Too Much Like “The Old GM?”
As a former GM employee and a GM customer, I'm really fascinated by the reaction of the public, the media, and Congress to the...
Good Questions, But With Some Misunderstandings about Lean Healthcare
In 2009, I wrote about a nurses' union in New Brunswick that supported Lean because they realized this methodology could help reduce waiting times and...
Lean Thinking: We Don’t Blame Individuals for Systemic Errors
I saw this video last night on Paul Levy's blog and it's important enough that I want to share it here with a few...
More on Lean in Saskatchewan
Since the healthcare improvement work I do is apolitical and non-partisan, I'm generally not one to butt into the political affairs of Canada or...
Maintaining a Hospital’s Level of Service After Layoffs
Thanks to a Google News Alert email, I get news stories (on a daily basis) about hospital layoffs around the country.
Many of the articles...
Some People Who Are Making a Difference for Patient Safety
This week is National Patient Safety Awareness Week. See my thoughts on this from 2012. Every week should be National Patient Safety IMPROVEMENT Week,...
Happy Talk Headlines vs. Sad Realities to Fix in Healthcare
As National Patient Safety Awareness Week continues, thanks go to Graham Foster for sending me this article from the UK: Most NHS staff deem care...
Podcast #195 – Steve Montague, Lean + TeamSTEPPS for Patient Safety
Joining me for episode #195 is my friend Steve Montague from LifeWings. Steve and I met initially through our shared interest in Lean and,...
Medical Errors: The Names Change, but the Headlines Are Sadly the...
When I started blogging here in 2005, I was still about six months away from my transition from "lean manufacturing" to "lean healthcare." It...
Healthcare Leaders Need to Actively Manage the System
Thanks to my friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute for hosting a new article of mine on their Lean Post blog.
"The Question All Healthcare...
Talking about Lean Healthcare in Winnipeg – #SDEC13 – and Visiting...
Thanks to the organizing sponsor Protegra and other sponsors, including my friends at LeanKit, for having me give a keynote talk about the Software...
Hospitals Prioritize Spending on Pretty Buildings over Safety?
Here's an excellent commentary by Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health: "In The Race For 'Fanciest...