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Past Print and/or Web Media Citations and Interviews:

Most Recent:

• GoLeanSixSigma.com, “Expert Excerpts: Mark Graban on Lean in Healthcare” – Interview (1/19)
• Fast Company, “How to recognize if you’re overreacting” – Quoted (2/19)
• Natfluence, “Mark Graban” – Interview (5/19)
• The Economist, “Instincts in business: Knowing when to trust your “gut”” – Quoted (8/19)
• Inc, “27 Daily Habits Practiced by Exceptionally Successful People” – Quoted (10/19)
• Radix Health, “16 Ways to Improve Access for Aging Patients” – Quoted (1/20)
• Trendhunter.com, “We Spoke with Mark Graban to See How the US is Managing Surges” – Interviewed (3/20)
• Modern Healthcare, “Lean Management Used Improperly by Many Health Systems” – Quoted (5/20)
• Fortune.com, “Key Steps To Assess When (And If) To Bring Employees Back To The Office” – Interviewed (5/20)
• Safeopedia.com, “Nursing Home Safety: How to Keep Your Employees Safe” – Quoted (7/20)
• Orthogonal.io, “What the Experts Learned in 2020: SaMD, Digital Health, Cybersecurity” – Quoted (11/20)
• CO, by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, “Is Your Gut Instinct Always Right? How to Check Yourself” – Quoted (3/21)
• Forbes, “New Press Ganey Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened Hospital Safety” – Mentioned (4/21)
• CFO Bookshelf, “Measures of Success with Mark Graban” – Interview (2/22)
• Go Solo, “Let's Improve Together – Constancy” – Interview (7/22)

Older:

• ThomasNet, “Is Your Lean LAME?” – Quoted (7/07)
• Healthcare Construction & Operations, “Q&A Nov/Dec 2008 – Trimming the Fat, Author Discusses Lean Thinking with Hospitals” (see page 8)- Q&A Interview (11/08)
• ThomasNet, “Lean Credited for Operational Savings” – Quoted (4/09)
• Keller Citizen (TX), “Doctors praise consultant’s book” – Profiled and Quoted (7/09)
• Becker's Hospital Review, “3 Best Practices for Implementing Lean Processes at Your Hospital With the Author of Lean Hospitals” – Quoted (9/09)
• Becker's Hospital Review, “5 Key Principles for Hospitals From Toyota's Lean Production System” – Quoted (9/09)
• ThomasNet, “Expert's Corner” – Q&A Interview (11/09)
• ThomasNet, “Technology's Role in Lean Today” – Quoted (11/09)
• CFO Magazine, “Keen to be Lean” – Quoted (12/09)
• New York Times, “Factory Efficiency Comes to Hospitals” – Quoted (7/10)
• Tampa Bay Business Journal, “Toyota techniques drive profit, efficiency gains at Moffitt” – Quoted (11/10)
• Health Affairs, “Life In The ‘Lean’ Lane: Performance Improvement At Denver Health” – Quoted (11/10)
• The Hospitalist, “HM@15 – Are You Living Up to High Expectactions of Efficiency?” – Quoted (9/11)
• H&HN Magazine, “What Can Lean Do for You?” – Quoted (10/11)
• Bellingham Herald, “Ask SCORE: Additional tips on making a business more efficient” – Mentioned (3/12)
• MedCity News, “How hospitals are implementing lean healthcare practices” Quoted (3/12)
• Healthcare Technology Online, “Kaizen: The Key To Lean Healthcare?” Quoted (5/12)
• San Antonio News Express-News, “Author encourages kaizen methods to improve healthcare” – Article about book (6/12)
• Healthcare Finance News, “7 ways lean healthcare management reduces cost” – Quoted (7/12)
• Premissi Magazine (Finland), “When a Fault is System” – Interviewed and Quoted (3/13)
• ManageMyPractice.com, “Cutting Waste is More Important Than Ever: An Interview with Lean Healthcare Expert Mark Graban” – Interviewed (4/13)
• Dodge Communications, “Lean forward: Mark Graban on how kaizen can improve quality of care and patient safety, and build strong organizations” – Interviewed (4/13)
• Becker's Hospital Review, “Why Does Low Hand Hygiene Compliance Still Plague Healthcare? 4 Reasons” – Quoted (4/13)
• News & Record, “Cone CEO on layoffs: ‘Everybody's very nervous'” – Quoted (6/13)
• Regina Leader-Post, “Lean expert says change difficult” – Quoted (3/14)
• Dodge Communications, “Improving healthcare – there's no instant pudding” – Interviewed (4/14)
• Lean Management Journal, “Interviewing Mark Graban” (Lean and Technology) – (4/14)
• Everett Herald, “Boeing limits use of handheld electronic devices” – Quoted (5/14)
• Healthy Debate, “From the factory floor to the emergency department: Hospitals explore Lean method” – Quoted (9/14)
• Shmula.com, “Improving Healthcare with Lean: An Interview with Mark Graban” – Interviewed (9/14)
• The Guardian, “Texas hospital mounts ‘#PresbyProud' fightback as Ebola criticism mounts” – Quoted (10/14)
• AHRQ WebM&M, “In Conversation With… Mark Graban, MS, MBA” – Interviewed by Dr. Bob Wachter (1/15)
• Grasshopperherder.com, “Lean in Healthcare – Interview with Mark Graban” – Interviewed by Tristan Kromer (3/15)
• Healthcare Finance, “Lean Six Sigma changing healthcare as more providers adopt methods” – Quoted (5/15)
• Healthcare (journal), “Interview with Mark Graban, MS, MBA” (7/15)
• Modern Healthcare, “Learning to be Lean” – Quoted (9/15)
• Appleton Post Crescent, “ThedaCare's potential merger part of trend” – Quoted (3/16)
• Reinvigoration, “An interview with Mark Graban” – Interviewed (6/16)
• Modern Healthcare, “Innovations: Software KaiNexus offers Lean an assist” – Quoted (7/16)
• Detroit News, “Feds’ DMC funding threat worries Detroit leaders” – Quoted (10/16)
• Expert Interview Series: Mark Graban of Leanhospitalsbook.com – Interview (11/16)
• Civil Eats, “What Can Small Farms Learn From a Car Company?” – Quoted (11/16)
• Digital Inbound, “Expert Interview Series: Inbound Marketing Strategies For Promoting Himself and His Book” – Interview (3/17)
• US News & World Report, “Know When It's Time to Sell a Stock” – Quoted (11/18)