Posted on December 29, 2009 by Bryan Zeigler
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We unfortunately had to take my daughter to urgent care on Christmas Eve day and I got to experience some Lean Healthcare. I must say I was impressed. However, I also avoid doctor’s offices at all costs and maybe my experience is now commonplace. The source of my doctors circumvention is my frustration at the waste I see and pay for afterwards! Continue reading →
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Posted on December 8, 2009 by Bruce Baker
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Kevin Meyer at the Evolving Excellence blog does a nice series called 5 Questions in which he asks various people associated with lean five questions (good name for this series). I find myself implementing either lean or continuous improvement at my third organization and something that Michael Balle talked about a few months ago when he was answering Kevin’s 5 questions got me thinking (here is the post with Michael’s 5 answers to Kevin’s 5 questions) about when you should begin perfecting your value stream (create stability, eliminate waste, etc) and when you should ‘connect’ your value stream.
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