Tag: Virginia Mason

I recently stumbled across a very interesting and well-produced mixed-media presentation that starts with the sounds of snow crackling under a pair a boots......

They just started a year ago (better late than never?), but San Francisco General Hospital had its Lean efforts highlighted in the San Francisco...

The year is 1981. A Major League Baseball strike interrupts the season. We're in the midst of the Cold War. President Reagan is shot....

It's been just over five years since the first edition of my book  Lean Hospitals was released and just over a year since  Healthcare...

I was fortunate to be exposed to the writings of W. Edwards Deming before I even learned about Lean. While I sometimes get tired...

It's again time to close some browser tabs and clear out the backlog of articles I've wanted to share but maybe don't merit an...

I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different "tribe" to be a part of,...

There's an excellent blog post on the Virginia Mason Medical Center site: "Does respecting co-workers make patients safer?" As a leader in adopting and adapting...

Like yesterday's "live blog" post about the Autoliv talk, I also wrote this post as Art Byrne talked, but held it for publication today....

I always get annoyed when people spread the false dichotomy of "Lean is about efficiency and Six Sigma is for quality." Replace the word...

I've been talking to a lot of healthcare organizations about Kaizen and continuous improvement. There are many organizations embracing the methods that Joe Swartz...

I recently saw this headline in the London Evening Standard: "Nurses struggle to 'get the job done' due to staff shortages and lack of...