Tag: ThedaCare

Recently, the Wall Street Journal put some focus on the issue of so-called "door to balloon" times in our hospitals. "Door to balloon" is...

Almost two years ago, I wrote an article for FierceHealthcare.com called "How lean management helped hospitals avoid layoffs." Here in 2012, I see headlines daily...

Ted Stiles is one of the handful of key recruiters I know in the world of Lean healthcare.  Disclosure: I recently joined the advisory...

This announcement caught my eye recently: "New site lets you tell your boss anything, anonymously." A startup's website allows you to send anonymous ideas or...

Here is about five minutes of video (no longer available, sadly) of Paul O'Neill (former CEO of Alcoa and former Treasury Secretary) talking about...

Listen: My guest for episode #156 is a friend, Mike Stoecklein, the Director of Network Operations for the Healthcare Value Network. I was able to...

Here's a question from a healthcare leader that I thought I'd share for input from you, the blog readers. This person is looking to change...

I've done a number of radio interviews recently to talk about our soon-to-be-released book Healthcare Kaizen. I haven't posted them all here, but check...

Here's a nice interview with Kathryn Correia, CEO of HealthEast in Minnesota, a former ThedaCare executive: "Lean approach at HealthEast." From the piece: Correia is a...

Following up on my notes from Day 1, here are some notes and key points from Day 2 of the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit....

Here are some notes and key points from Day 1 of the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. There are over 500 people here from North...

Virginia Mason Medical Center, a world-renowned leader in the application of Lean principles in healthcare, has a new blog: Virginia Mason Blog. They name...