Tag: Patient Safety
“No Blame” Doesn’t Mean “No Accountability”
Wachter's World : Physician Accountability for Violation of Safety Rules: The Time For Excuses Has Passed
I think Bob Wachter has it completely right in...
A "Step Backward" in Patient Safety?
Joint Commission Changes Requirement for Patient ID during Blood Draws | Dark DailyThanks to my friend Robert Michel and the Dark Daily for bringing...
It’s Simple Things that can Fix Healthcare
Sacramento-area hospitals use simple ways to cut mistakes - Sacramento BeeThis article has some great examples and an endorsement of the Lean mindset in...
Q&A #3 – Michael Balle, "The Lean Manager" – Medication Errors
I recently invited questions for Michael Balle, the author of the Shingo Prize winning book The Gold Mine: A Novel of Lean Turnaround. He...
"A different and hopeful way of thinking about" healthcare
Below is a guest post from fellow author and Lean Healthcare practitioner, Naida Grunden.Her book, The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Improving Patient Care...
New Blog: "Grand Rounds"
I'd like to welcome a new blogger to the Lean Healthcare space: Thomas L. Jackson of Rona Consulting and author of these books:
Hoshin Kanri...
ThedaCare News Coverage & More from Fox News
This is a big day for Lean in healthcare, as here is a link to FoxNews.com with five longer videos about ThedaCare and their...
"Dead by Mistake" Report Hits the News
As I had alluded to the other day, there was a huge investigative piece that ran across the country Sunday in the Hearst Newspapers....
Behind the Numbers: A Startling Look at Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety,...
In this post, Mark compiles a range of eye-opening statistics about healthcare quality, patient safety, and medical errors. Acting as a repository of data,...
BREAKING: Big Expose Coming on Medical Errors and Deaths
Hearst Press Release August 09, 2009This will be developing over the next few days. The Hearst newspaper chain has done a huge expose of...
CNN Video on Lean Methods and Infection Control
Health care's infectious loss - Video - Business News
Short post for today - but an important one. Here's a great video from CNN last...
National Patient Safety Day – Clarity in the Meaning
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Supports 'National Patient Safety Day' - Press Releases - CNBC.comI was walking through Boston Common this morning and saw a...
