http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Donald+Bryant Business Management Donald Bryant Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=95023&ca=Business+Management In quality improvement engineering there are many tools. I would like to illustrate a few and show how they can apply to healthcare. I will be using tools taken from Lean Manufacturing, an approach used at Toyota Motor Company for many years now. These tools are easily adaptable with a bit of ima... Medical Business Donald Bryant Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66851&ca=Medical+Business I am sure that many of you have heard the saying “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.” From much experience I know that just isn’t true in many cases, especially in healthcare. Consider these cases if you will: Because I am presently involved in alcohol and other drug research, I have the opportunit... Business Management Donald Bryant Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=34698&ca=Business+Management I want to tell you some ways to eliminate waste at your medical site. Am I talking about physical waste, like soiled bandages or used needles? No, I mean any action that results in a poor or unintended outcome. I mean taking too long to accomplish some outcome, like taking too long to get an operati... Business Management Donald Bryant Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=22655&ca=Business+Management The best quality improvement initiatives are driven by data! Why? How are you going to know how much you have improved if you don’t measure something? All of you have been exposed to measures in many situations. Most of them were important. In school, you were graded. Perhaps you own shares of stoc... Business Management Donald Bryant Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=17286&ca=Business+Management November 2005. Winter is just around the corner here in Western Michigan. The leaves are literally raining off the trees. Just this morning at breakfast as I looked into the woods and I could see a steady stream of golden brown, red and yellow leaves heading towards the earth. Last month I talked ab... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Donald Bryant Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=21373&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet I think this is a good time for a checkup, or physical as it is termed in the healthcare industry. I mean this is a good time to check the health of your site or setting. As healthcare providers, we are dedicated to curing our patients of their ills and keeping them healthy. My question is, “Do you... Business Management Donald Bryant Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=21374&ca=Business+Management Standardize your processes! You can save time, money and prevent errors. Things you do over and over should be done the same way every time, if indeed you do the task the best way. They say variety is the spice of life, but for healthcare processes it certainly isn’t most of the time. Consider this,... Business Management Donald Bryant Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=21375&ca=Business+Management For many of us change is a difficult process. In organizations like healthcare it seems to advance at a snail’s pace sometimes. There is a need for change in healthcare, most agree, though we would be hard pressed to agree upon the changes needed. One incentive for change is pay-for-performance prog...