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How KATA is Transforming the Healthcare Industry | Coaching KATA

By continuousc3 on May 1, 2018 in Lean Healthcare

Kata denotes a well-structured routine or pattern anyone can follow during an early practice on their path to proficiency in sports, work, or art. For instance, professional software programmers have practiced a form of Kata, which helps them improve the creativity and coding speed they can apply to specific projects. The practice of coaching Kata […]

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Following Lean is Not Enough in Healthcare and Manufacturing

By continuousc3 on March 8, 2018 in Lean Healthcare

-Over the past few decades, there have been failures of lean manufacturing implementations in both healthcare and manufacturing. Why do you think, though, that the failures have occurred? What has led them to not reach the level of success one would expect? Is it the concept of lean manufacturing tools themselves? Could it be Six […]

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Baptist DeSoto KATA Teams Exceed Challenge Goals in Big Ways

By continuousc3 on November 6, 2017 in Healthcare, Lean Healthcare

Achieving big results with KATA boards starts with thinking small—that is, breaking down a process into small bites and tackling each step until you uncover a better way. Take Baptist DeSoto’s OR and outpatient surgery KATA team and the pre-op KATA team. Both teams tackled what seemed to be a huge challenge, and both achieved […]

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Baptist Prepares to Open Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

By continuousc3 on December 14, 2016 in Healthcare, Lean Healthcare

By Andy Meek Baptist Memorial Health Care is opening a 12-bed pediatric intensive care unit next week at the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children’s Hospital, the latest addition to Baptist’s growing suite of pediatric services. Baptist Children’s Hospital opened its 10-bed emergency department in January and has been caring for a steadily increasing stream […]

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New KATA and thinking around hiring results in better bottom-line

By Brandon Brown on October 30, 2016 in Healthcare, KATA, Lean Healthcare, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Kata

In the world of hiring and recruiting, most anyone could say they’ve experienced the wait-and-see game as a job seeker. But what’s behind that wait on the employer side? Obviously time, but as well, the reality that time is tied closely to dollars: The longer the hiring time, the more it costs the bottom-line. […]

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Archive | Lean Healthcare

How KATA is Transforming the Healthcare Industry | Coaching KATA

Following Lean is Not Enough in Healthcare and Manufacturing

Baptist DeSoto KATA Teams Exceed Challenge Goals in Big Ways

Baptist Prepares to Open Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

New KATA and thinking around hiring results in better bottom-line

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