After a successful use of lean processes to streamline its emergency department throughput, Cincinnati-based TriHealth executives got interested in imbedding lean processes elsewhere in the system. So ...

For most healthcare organizations, developing a strategic plan is much easier than executing it. The industry’s complex and evolving regulations and payment systems, changing practice and delivery ...

When faced with financial pressures, hospital leaders often try to reduce costs by laying off hospital employees. This is, in a way, understandable, since payroll makes up 60 to 70 percent of a ...

How do you build a comprehensive training roadmap for lean and continuous improvement? While there is not one “right” way, this episode of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement ...

SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) is upskilling its workforce through its launch of a new Lean Academy, which aims to accelerate company-wide adoption of Lean methodologies. The Lean Academy is ...

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 ...