How did the number one ranking academic medical center in patient survival save $46 million in financial benefits last year? Denver Health has committed to 400 rapid-improvement projects and ...

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 ...

The Lean model of process improvement originated in Japan with the Toyota Production System. Many hospitals and health systems have found the model’s principles of eliminating non-value added activity ...

A few years ago, Ian Kent had an idea for a mobile, DIY 200-square-foot home. He sketched a few designs, created computer models and settled on the name Nomad Micro Homes. Then, instead of building a ...

It is not just leadership, culture and technology that lead to startup success, but also speed, timing and a sense of purpose. It has become easier than ever before to launch prototypes and get ...

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As Vietnam’s productivity is one of the lowest in Asia, the “Made in Vietnam” lean management model is considered an effective solution to the country’s productivity issues in the Industry 4.0 era. As ...

Kaiser Permanente is trying to cut fat, but not from its patients waistlines. The Oakland health care giant is looking to make its Southern California operations more efficient, and in doing so, it’s ...

FedEx. Microsoft. Toyota. Those were the companies that Patricia Gabow planned to use as a template for overhauling Denver Health, a health-care network in Colorado’s largest city. Gabow has served as ...

Salary, wages and benefits consistently top the list of ambulatory surgery center operations expenses. These costs are necessary to retain a high-quality staff, but this does not mean the expense can ...