Dell / General Motors / CDI / Constancy Inc. / Toyota / Honeywell / New England Journal / KaiNexus / ValuMetric Services / /
Continent
North America / Europe / /
Country
United States / Columbia / /
Facility
Northwestern University / University of Michigan Health System / Vanderbilt University Medical Center / Institute of Medicine / Virginia Mason Medical Center / /
IndustryTerm
healthcare organizations / continuous search / broken systems / Web-based software platform / healthcare / healthcare workforce / learning healthcare system / Web-based kaizen systems / Prominent healthcare quality leaders / healthcare professionals / back healthcare systems / software / industrial products / kaizen systems / /
Organization
University of Michigan Health System / MIT / Institute of Medicine / Virginia Mason Medical Center / Northwestern University / Institute for Healthcare Improvement / Lean Enterprise Institute / federal government / Emergency Department / Vanderbilt University Medical Center / the University of Michigan / /
Person
Implementation / MARK GRABAN / Gregory Jacobson / Donald M. Berwick / Eric Ho / Masaaki Imai / /
Position
director of communication and technology for the Healthcare Value Network / emergency department director / manager / founder / Industrial Engineer / Industrial Engineer ment director / chief improvement officer / emergency medicine physician / CEO / director / nurse / independent healthcare consultant and speaker / judge / /
GOOD CHANGE Using kaizen toward a culture of continuous improvement humanizes the healthcare workforce for better outcomes