Tag: Value Stream Mapping
Reader Question: Asset Optimizers and Point Optimizers
It's time for another in my Reader Questions series, this question comes from Brian via email. If you have a question or topic that...
These Primary Care Improvements Don’t Sound “Mean” to Me
Here's yet another article with the lazy "Lean and Mean" cliche' in the headline: "Make Your Physician Practice a Lean, Mean Healing Machine." Real...
“Lean Doctors” – A New Book and Webinar
Something Lean is in the water in Wisconsin, as that state is one of the hotbeds of Lean healthcare. There's, of course, the ThedaCare...
Lean is “Taking Canadian Healthcare by Storm,” but Look Out for...
In an article ("Assembly required: Health care from the Toyota factory floor") from Canada's National Post newspaper says Lean healthcare is "taking Canadian healthcare...
Superficial Lean Laboratory Explanation
Laboratory Equipment - Easy Lean Lab Exercises
When I see "Easy Lean" or, as I also saw recently in a consultant's promotion, "Instant Lean," I...
Cleveland Clinic and Lean Healthcare in Newsweek
What Health Reform Can Learn From Cleveland Clinic | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com
Although it's not the primary focus of the article, Lean gets a...
Lean at Windsor’s Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital
Here is a video from Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH) in Windsor, Ontario Canada about their Lean effort, the video is part of their main...
ThedaCare News Coverage & More from Fox News
This is a big day for Lean in healthcare, as here is a link to FoxNews.com with five longer videos about ThedaCare and their...
Value Stream Mapping in Healthcare – Does it Differ?
A reader, Dan, asked a great question on the MoveToHealthcare.ning.com site (since closed), re-used here with his permission:
I recently attended a 2-day Lean Healthcare...
First 90 Days as Hospital Lean Director – What To Do?
Lean Leap to Health Care #9 (Click for Part #8) by Scott McDuffee
"I'm not sure if I have ever learned anything with my mouth open....
Shortening up the Value Stream
On this blog, there have been several discussions and posts about jobs going overseas, not so much from a protectionist and politics standpoint, but...
It’s not the Map that Counts
Congratulations. You've mapped out the future state. Now what? | TimeBack ManagementHere's a post, linked above, from a good friend of the Lean Blog,...
