Healthcare, Education in Transition
In Silos to Systems (2010) Sally B. Kilgore and Karen J. Reynolds examine the current state of public education–with its concerns about funding, quality, and workforce–balanced against a culture that is stronger on its stated values than in its...
Lean Can Address Burnout?
Why is it that the discussion of Lean so rarely becomes a discussion of how Lean can address the issues of burnout while reducing waste and improving value for patients? If Lean were presented with a more robust description and elucidation of its mechanisms that...
Burnout: Enemy of the Triple Aim
Burnout is the enemy of the Triple Aim. Some deny that it exists. Most press on with their work ignoring its symptoms in themselves and others. At times the impact can be disastrous for individuals and for practices. Burnout in clinicians often has an impact on...
Lean Leaders, Emergence & Healthcare
In a very interesting TED talk entitled “Where Do Good Ideas Come From,” Steven Johnson gives example after example of how individual moments of epiphany are more likely to be the product of group discussion and process than the sudden “eureka” moment of an isolated...
Dr. Gene Lindsey Counters 60 Minutes Report Card on Obamacare
The other night I watched 60 Minutes and heard Steven Brill and Leslie Stahl report on how Obamacare is doing at this point. There was an air of naiveté and associated helplessness or a sense of victimization by “systemic evil” that was at the core of this segment,...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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