SFMC Visit 2016

Thanks for letting me visit your health system yesterday! If you have any questions, feedback, or topics for further discussion, please feel free to contact me.

Here are the slides that I used in the SLDP session on Kaizen and continuous improvement (as PDF):

 

You can download the different idea card templates through our book's website. I hope you'll put them to use!

Here are nine videos in this YouTube playlist about Kaizen at Franciscan St. Francis in Indiana:

Here are direct links to the videos about:

• The “applesauce” Kaizen
• The NICU mattress cover

I highly recommend these books by the leaders from ThedaCare:

• Management on the Mend (Toussaint) — and his other books
• Beyond Heroes (Barnas)

Here is a great video about Toyota helping UCLA-Harbor:

 

Here are my slides about “Lean Mindsets” from the afternoon session (PDF):

Here is a video about the Park Nicollet Cancer Center:

Links to articles I mentioned:

• Lean as an Alternative to Mass Layoffs in Healthcare
• How lean management helped hospitals avoid layoffs
• Gary Passama (hospital CEO) blog post on shifting from the layoffs strategy

My blog: www.LeanBlog.org

You can download the first chapters of my books for free via these links:

• Lean Hospitals (2nd Edition)
• Healthcare Kaizen and The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen