What does car manufacturer Toyota and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University have in common? More than you might think. Hospitalists at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based children’s ...

Since the 1990s, Lean management principles have been discussed, debated and deployed in healthcare settings as a means to remove excess waste and improve quality. Paul Levy, former president and CEO ...

Changes were also made within the hospital to improve communication and share information. In 2008, the hospital established its Mark A. Watson Center for Operations Excellence, which uses Lean Six ...

A hospital stroke team used auto industry “lean” manufacturing principles to accelerate treatment times, according to new research. A hospital stroke team used auto industry "lean" manufacturing ...

Boasting a population of almost 3 million, St. Louis is America's 16 th largest city. To help safeguard its citizens' health, the metro area recently opened the doors of the SSM St. Clare Health ...

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 ...

Under healthcare reform, a new trend of care coordination management is developing across hospitals, primary care provider offices, home health agencies, and patients' homes. Hospitals are taking a ...

Lean manufacturing principles are responsible for a significant drop in emergency department wait times and a big boost in patient satisfaction at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in California, ...

To appreciate Glenn Ballard’s commitment to Lean project delivery, ask him about the fruit trees behind his Oakland, Calif., home. The University of California, Berkeley, retired professor and project ...

In May, Akron Children’s Hospital unveiled its $180 million patient care facility, which was supposed to be its $240 million facility. Among the features of the seven-story, 368,735-square-foot Kay ...