Since the 1990s, Lean management principles have been discussed, debated and deployed in healthcare settings as a means to remove excess waste and improve quality. Paul Levy, former president and CEO ...

Early experiments in controlling health care costs. At the Community Medical Center in Missoula, Mont., Orthopedic Surgeon Doug Woolley was frustrated. A bottleneck in the recovery room limited to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE ― Purdue Healthcare Advisors (PHA) will use PHA Direct, the e-learning platform it launched earlier this year, to expand access for the training and certification of Lean Daily ...

On the Mend tells the true story of how ThedaCare, a Wisconsin health system, implemented lean healthcare, a revolutionary new system for delivering more patient benefit in less time and at lower cost ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Throughout the past year, 20 of Indiana's 35 Critical Access Hospitals began implementing Lean Healthcare methodologies to improve the quality, safety and ...

1. It’s here. Many big healthcare systems claim are “all in” with Lean an essential part of their operating strategy. If this year’s Lean Healthcare Summit is any indication, the Lean movement in ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Real healthcare reform will require healthcare to reform its command and control management system in favor of lean management, according to John Toussaint, M.D., ...

Broadlane, a healthcare group purchasing organization, has acquired Healthcare Performance Partners, a consulting group offering Lean Healthcare and Six Sigma consulting services, training and tools.

Patient safety is a top health care priority, but determining how to consistently ensure highest quality can be a complex process that doesn't always provide a clear path toward action. Confronting ...

With more than $38 billion spent on healthcare construction this year in the U.S alone, there is a tremendous opportunity for capital projects to incorporate efficiency, safety, and patient-centered ...

Mindmics Technology-boosted earbuds can listen to and capture sounds in the body to provide real-time heart rhythm metrics, such as heart rate and heart rate variability. – RWJBARNABAS HEALTH From ...