Tag: ThedaCare

Alternate title: “Lean is an Integrated System. Of Course Just Implementing Pieces Leads to Failure.” Throughout the 10 years that I’ve been involved with Lean healthcare efforts, I’ve heard multiple stories of organizations that ended their formal Lean initiatives. They do so, as I’ve been told, because they need to cut costs...

It's far too common to see somebody with just a little bit of understanding about Lean do things that really shouldn't be described as...

I've gone to Japan twice now with Kaizen Institute to study Lean with healthcare professionals from around the world. I first went in 2012,...

Before I head out on vacation, here is a reader question that I am sharing for your input.I'm sharing this with permission and I'm...

Today's post is a throwback to an essay that I originally wrote for the excellent book Lean-Led Hospital Design: Creating the Efficient Hospital of the...

At this year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit (see my summary here) Dr. John Toussaint talked about and introduced his newly released book Management on the...

Wednesday was the first day of the 6th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, being held this year in Addison (Dallas), Texas. I'm here and this...

In American healthcare, there's a growing gap between hospitals and clinics that are being innovative and those who are stuck in the "way it's...

Following up on yesterday's post on seemingly successful experiments with ACOs, here's another article, from HBR, on "safety huddles" in healthcare: "How Every Hospital Should Start...

You might be considered "wonky" for enjoying the topics discussed here at LeanBlog.org... but that's fine. This is a safe environment for being wonky...

Back in 2007, I had my first opportunity to travel to England, a country I really love visiting. I had the chance to attend...

My guest for episode #221 is Jacob Stoller, author of a book that was just released: The Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence. It's...