Mayo Quality Conference Recap: We Can Do Better
“We can do better” was the underlying takeaway message from the 15th annual Mayo Clinic Quality Conference. This year’s theme was “Creating and Paying for Value in Health Care.”
Unsung Hospital Heroes
About six years ago I was meeting with a clinical team to kick off an early improvement effort at their hospital. We began with a reflection on the problems with traditional business management practices.
Covenant Adopts Lean Management in Emergency Department
According to the National Center for Health Care (NCHC), emergency department (ED) crowding has been a concern in U.S. hospitals for more than a decade.
Nurse Eases Patients’ Pain While Empowering Hospital Staff
Critical care units at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, New York, were faced with a formidable task.
Killing Time: How to Manage Interruptions
Read this. It won’t be a waste of time.
Speed Up Your Medical Device Time to Market
In business there’s a saying: Time is money. The more time it takes for something to get done, the more money is wasted.
Simple Medical Device Provides Better Way to Diagnose Pneumonia
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a new sampling device that could prevent thousands of people worldwide from dying of pneumonia each year.
This Year in Quality, Part One
A new year always brings new hope, new plans, and new perspectives. While looking ahead is the most direct route to progress, looking back is essential to understanding the present. After all, the past creates the consequences that will shape the future.
Seeing Melanoma
Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer, but it accounts for the majority of skin cancer deaths (about 75%).
Learning from Toyota’s Snafu
The Toyota Production System and U.S. health care improvement share a long history. What lessons can health care leaders learn from Toyota’s recent production troubles?
