Healthcare’s Future and Its Past
Perhaps healthcare’s future is the place where we fix the past. I got to thinking about the role of the past in understanding the present and the future earlier this last week after listening to a segment of “This American Life.” If you are interested you can...
What if Healthcare Could Become Lean?
I spend a lot of time dreaming about what a wonderful thing it would be if more and more healthcare could “become Lean”. The wisdom of Lean as a philosophy, an operating system and a corporate culture or “corporate way of being” appeals to me because of its universal...
Lean: Look Back, Look Forward
This time of the year is terrific for what we call “Hansei” or deep reflection in Lean. One of my greatest sources of continuing satisfaction for 2014 was my work with others to spread Lean thinking. Most of my work with Lean was done with Simpler, in concert with Dr....
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,...
Box 9: Discerning Healthcare’s Future
Is there much more to ponder than the past, the present and the future? I find it ironic that as a healthcare executive I gained a small reputation as a person who was always thinking about tomorrow, when in fact in an age-appropriate way, I spend much more time...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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