Resources

Once scarce, information about Lean healthcare is now proliferating on the Web as more and more companies and consultants join in to offer services. I consider the following resources to be among the best, most thorough and reliable places to receive information:

Blogs

Jamie Flinchbaugh's blog Flinchbaugh, with Andy Carlino, wrote the engaging "Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road." www.jamieflinchbaugh.com

Lean Enterprise Institute Lean gurus Jim Womack and John Shook share ideas, instruction in this nonprofit venture www.ean.org

Paul Levy's blog The CEO of a large Boston hospitals shares his thoughts http://runningahospital.blogspot.com

Tania Lyon's lean blog Join Dr. Lyon, the quality director for St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh, as she discusses lean issues http://groups.google.com/group/lean-healthcare/topics

Mark Graban’s blog: www.leanblog.org and resource page: http://markgraban.com/books.htm

Healthcare Performance Partners blog: http://leanhealthcareexchange.com/

Courses

Individualized courses through Mimi Falbo, DNP, RN. Contact Mimi at www.mimifalbo.com.

Belmont University, Nashville, certificate course: www.buleancourse.com/ Four-day course.

reVIEW© (Realizing Exceptional Value in Everyday Work). Book and course available through Cindy Jimmerson at Lean Healthcare West, www.leanhealthcarewest.com ; (also available through Healthcare Performance Partners, www.leanhealthcareperformance.com.)

Perfecting Patient Care University, through Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative. www.prhi.org.