However, one flaw in the Lean strategy is that Lean is predicated on the assumption of a stable, contained process in which variation has little significance. In the manufacturing industry, this ...

Hospital IT directors face a set of challenges that are unique in the healthcare industry. You’re working to keep patient information secure, nail down IT processes and provide the best equipment and ...

Peter L. Gosline, president and CEO of Monadnock Community Hospital, was at a crossroads in 2009. The 25-bed critical access hospital faced a huge deficit as a direct result of an unexpected ice-storm ...

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This story was recently related to me about a hospital in which the Lean process improvement philosophy was adopted, with strong support and encouragement by the CEO. Over several years, it resulted ...

Four years ago, the leaders of Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital faced a pressing question as they began planning a new facility to house their neonatal intensive-care unit, outpatient surgery and ...

Lean is a holistic continuous improvement approach for maximizing value for customers and eliminating waste. Many healthcare organizations have adopted Lean to improve efficiency and patient care. We ...

Southcoast Health System--a three-hospital system based in New Bedford, Mass.--has saved $20 million since it began implementing Lean Six Sigma in January 2009, the New England Business Bulletin ...

In 2009, 25-bed critical access facility Monadnock Community Hospital faced a crisis when an unexpected ice storm hit the state of New Hampshire and took out the hospital's power for two weeks. The ...