Tag: Patient Safety

Paul Levy, the former CEO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a long time friend of mine and this blog (read his...

Last weekend, I watched a show on the Smithsonian Channel that was an interesting contrast to the CNN show I blogged about yesterday ("A...

Did anybody else see this show hosted to Elizabeth Cohen on CNN last weekend, titled "25 Shocking Medical Mistakes"? You can see a video...

Ontario's Peterborough Regional Medical Centre is about 18 months into their Lean transformation. They are being featured in a series of four articles in...

Dr. Robert Wachter has a great column in today's USA Today: "Column: Gregory House M.D.: RIP" and it's republished on his blog, with its...

I had an article published in a California newspaper and it will hopefully be picked up by others. The headline is "Scared to Death:...

I don't have any first hand experience with the country, but I have had many requests for the free first chapters of my books...

Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest related to Lean, systems, and improvement. The "good news"...

This article from the Vancouver Sun caught my eye: "Outbreaks show the vital role of hospital cleaners." The article is written by a union...

Here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: Twin boys die...

Ken Congdon at Healthcare Technology Online  recently interviewed me for this story that's now online:  Kaizen: The Key To Lean Healthcare?. Mark Graban, lean expert...

You might already know about the charity auctions that are running this week, ending Sunday May 6, to benefit Friends of the Orphans. I'm happy...