BLOG – Barry J O’Gorman
Lean applied in hospitals
Beyond heroes - a lean management systems for healthcare by Kim Barnas Just finished reading my Kindle edition of this lean book. Great reminder of what I learned a couple of years ago, completing my lean training. Describes how lean was adopted in Theda Healthcare...
KPI mad or not?
Determineing relevant performance measures deserves attenntion. Many KPIs do not servce business well.
Great Managers and Great Leaders
Just listening to Mark Little (founder of storyful) on the radio this morning talking about the difference between Great Managers and Great Leaders. Not sure what the source his commentary. Iw was along the following lines: A great manager walk into a room and...
Newspapers no longer a sociable experience
I gave up buying daily newspapers a number of years ago. I do, however, subscribe to the Financial Times and the Economist - reading one online (sometimes) and listening to the other (sometimes). We have the Irish Times delivered home on Saturday - but I do not read...
Generating a return on investment (‘ROI’) in Electronic Health Records (‘EHR’)
Demand for EHR Looks like the industry, the regulators, the public, science - all demand the availability of an Electronic Health Record. We work in an industry which is highly dependent on technology - be that radiology, robots, theatres, measuring and recording of...
New web site for barryjogorman
Rebuilding web site www.barryjogorman.com. New site, new focus. Looking to change the approach and purpose. That's all for another day.