Tag: Patient Safety

LeanBlog Podcast #65 is a discussion with Kevin Frieswick, a Lean Process Manager, with MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, MA. I found Kevin earlier...

Hulu - ER: Old Times - Watch the full episode now.Thanks to Bryan to bringing this episode of ER to my attention. I don't...

Today it's Toyota, tomorrow the NHS; Hospital looks to adopt safety initiative The concept of any worker being able to stop the line in a...

Dennis Quaid Takes Oprah To Hospital That OD'd His Babies This might be the first time I'm DVR-ing the Oprah show. Tomorrow, actor Dennis Quaid...

Autographed Norman Bodek Collection Book & CDs - eBay (item 160304046494 end time Dec-19-08 17:45:25 PST)Norman Bodek has graciously collaborated with me on this...

BBC NEWS | Health | Breathing life into resuscitationThanks to my old boss, Mike, for sending this my way. Here's an article (with pictures,...

I wanted to remind you about an online event I'm presenting for Thursday afternoon and tell you about a new event (local to Dallas)...

Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital (WSJ) WSJ Health Blog (free): Five Tips for Helping a Family Member in the Hospital I've written...

Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, recently wrote a good piece on "endorsing" a U.S. presidential candidate. Today, I'm technically Constitution-eligible to be...

Healthcare Intelligence Network » Blog Archive » Eight Steps to a Culture of SafetyI think words matter. Action matters, also, but the...

By Mike Thelen:Having spent the last 10 years working within Lean disciplines, it is second nature to identify shortcomings in any business model from...

Heparin errors and patient harm have been in the news quite a bit the last few years. So what are hospital regulators doing about...