The Healthcare Quality Podcast

This episode contrasts the Swiss Cheese model of medical error with a suggestion for a new one: the Frogger model of me... Read more

This episode describes some of the keys for easy collection of meaningful data. Do you find yourself so busy that data ... Read more

This episode describes a useful healthcare value metric based on a process capability measure (Cpk) and waste measuremen... Read more

In this podcast, we discuss 2 key ideas to evaluate your quality improvement system.

This episode explores To Err Is Human, & the idea that healthcare is a decade behind other industries in some import... Read more

Have you ever noticed that great quality improvement projects repeat themselves across organizations? Is it because org... Read more

A lesson from an OR turnaround time project: failure to plan a control phase is planning for your project to fail.

Here's a useful story of how one team improved ED throughput by walking through system and finding an unexpected delay.

This episode discusses the pitfalls of benchmarking before rigorously improving your healthcare system.

This episode discusses social media tools for getting your message out with particular attention to the If This Then Tha... Read more