News, views and challenges from Sarah Fraser

News, views & challenges from Sarah Fraser. Breakthrough results need radical thinking. Words need to be matched by action. Change starts with the self.

Monday, 17 August 2009

Books on Lean for Healthcare

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I am sometimes asked to recommend a book on Lean. On my book blog I have given one a short review this month. Others on my shelf include: ...

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Friday, 14 August 2009

Fear of failure? Never Events need a target of zero

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So how would you feel if you were the patient of a surgical team whose improvement target for the "Never" event of wrong site surg...

Monday, 10 August 2009

Validity, reliability & generalisability of project results; the science of improvement?

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I am aware that the use (and sometimes invention) of management gobbledygook words to describe actions and intentions regarding quality impr...

Thursday, 6 August 2009

Projects need visions to manage uncertainty

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I've never really gone for the whole vision "stuff" as the process often feels a bit unfocused and the outcome too non-specifi...

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Why use percent and average for improvement projects?

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It seems that every healthcare quality improvement presentation I hear nowadays uses averages and percents as the mechanism for demonstrati...

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Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Stimulating the desire to share

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So I've been taking notes for a few weeks on why it is some people are really attracted to share some things, others are attracted to sh...

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