Tag: Toussaint

It's official - the 2nd revised edition of my first book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, is now shipping from...

Becker's Hospital Review published a piece about the first 10 years of Lean at Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center:  10 Years Later: Virginia Mason...

As I've worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I've sometimes wondered if there's been a study on the differences in results between hospitals...

I was at the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value office a few months ago when Dr. John Toussaint reported that he had gotten a...

Vote for this year's "Modern Healthcare's Most 100 Influential" list. Click here. Sadly, Dr. John Toussaint is not on the list of nominees. I voted for...

Sorry for what might seem like a very promotional post, but I'm happy to share some details with you about a project I've been...

On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

Here's a quick update on some of our latest projects in the Healthcare Value Leaders Network. Our 2nd annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in June...

When hospital people say they don't want to be a factory or "we don't want assembly-line medicine," the statement often goes unchallenged. What is...

I recently "fired" my primary care physician. I'm lucky to not have to go to the doctor very often, but the last few times...

Coming off of an outstanding 2011 Lean Transformation Summit (blog posts to come), John Toussaint, MD, is doing a huge favor for the Dallas-Fort...

I want to tell you about an event I'm helping to plan for people in the DFW area. This is a small, by-invitation event,...