Tag Archives:Productivity

St Jude strikes back – A perfect mess

Just when all seemed lost, and our efforts to achieve ’stress-free productivity’ and a ‘time-efficient life’ seemed doomed, new hope dawns.
The latest self-help bestseller is ‘A Perfect Mess – the hidden benefits of disorder’. (Eric Abrahsom and David Freedman) Apparently the truly efficient do not not waste time cleaning and tidying. Why spend hours sorting [...]

Looking Lean through Muda glasses

How much time do you spend in ‘the Red Zone’ with your patients? What is your average doorknob to doorknob time? How long since you mapped your process flows? When is your third available appointment slot?
I recently attended the Institute for Health Improvement’s 7th Annual Summit on Clinical Office Improvement, held this year in San [...]