Tag: Pharmacy
Embracing a New Paradigm: Cultivating a Healthcare Culture of Help Instead...
tl;dr: In this post, Mark delves into the detrimental effects of a punitive culture within healthcare, arguing for a shift towards a culture of...
Representation Matters
I've held many roles in my pharmacy career that has spanned seventeen years now. I've been in formal leadership roles for more than fifteen years...
What my Book “Lean Hospitals” Says About Inventory Planning
This is from the 3rd edition of my book Lean Hospitals. I've copied and pasted from the book with no additional edits, although I'll bold...
“Small Kaizen” at a Japanese Hospital Pharmacy, Part 1
I'm overdue in writing more about my last trip to Japan a few months back.
Today, I'll like to share some highlights from one organization we visited, Seki Chuo Hospital, which is located outside of Nagoya. I have visited this hospital in 2012 and 2014 and it's interesting to see how their approach to Total Quality Management (TQM), Lean, and Kaizen has progressed and evolved. I mentioned them in a 2014 post about "quality circles."
Sad Bloomberg BusinessWeek Article on Auto Supplier Safety, Thoughts for Healthcare
A few of you sent me this article... and you were correct to think I would be interested: "Inside Alabama's Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs." What are the parallels and lessons for hospitals?
U.S. Hospitals Have the Best E.R. Care for Kids, But Aren’t...
There's been a back-and-forth of views about the state of pediatric emergency medicine recently in the Wall Street Journal.
Let me start first, actually, with...
Kaizen: Giving Seven Days’ Grace on a New Idea [Video]
Here's another video in the series that Joe Swartz and I shot at Franciscan St. Francis Health back in October. See them all here or via a...
How Engaging Everyone in Kaizen Saves this Hospital Leader Time Lots...
A few weeks back, I posted the first new video from my Healthcare Kaizen co-author's health system: "Endoscopy Nurses are "Kaizen Crazy" at Franciscan St....
Traveling to Japan Tomorrow – What Questions Should I Ask?
Tomorrow, I'm leaving for Japan and I'll be with Kaizen Institute for our second Lean healthcare study tour (see a PDF about the trip).
We have...
Turning “Waste” Into a Clever Acronym
I wrote about Kaizen the other day on LinkedIn and the first comment was from Dr. Leke Agbejule, BPharm, MSc, PharmD, from South Florida:
Very well said. As...
What I’m Reading: Diner Muda, No Blame at Etsy, Toyota Treats...
In case you missed it, see Saturday's post: "Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories."
As I occasionally do, today's post is...
A Survey Would Show 83% of Surveys about Lean Healthcare are...
Last month, I saw a headline flying around Twitter about a survey that says a majority of hospital pharmacies are embracing Lean. A statement...