Lean Culture
Lean Organizationis is the name given to systems derived from the Toyota Production System - TPS. It started in the Toyota automobile sector and spread [...]
Less is More
Why have we humans embedded in our culture the desire to always go further? Increase? And have more? We accept that “more is better” without [...]
Managers in exponential times
I have always been a synthesizer of ideas or concepts. Of course, I am aware of the risks involved, because when you mix water with [...]
Risk management and patient safety
In 400 BC, the Greek doctor Hippocrates said, "The first thing is to do no harm"; the quote shows the importance of managing patient-related actions [...]
A software to measure errors
Adverse Events (AE) caused by medications present the greatest single risk of harm to patients in hospitals. The medication chain involves several sectors of the [...]
If you don’t have the question, you’ll never have the answer
We spend a lot of time glued to the screen, receiving new information, and very little time processing and interpreting what we already know, to [...]
The only certainty we have is to adapt and change the mindset
We keep repeating the same paths, solutions and strategies as before. It is not that we must throw in the trash previous experiences, but we [...]
Measuring medication-related AEs
In 2017, the WHO launched a global challenge to decrease serious and preventable medication-related harm by 50% by 2022. And to help on this journey, [...]
Patient Safety Awareness
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation - PSMF is a global non-profit foundation whose mission is to eliminate preventable medical errors. According to PSMF, Adverse Events [...]
7 wastes in health
First of all, we must present the definition of the word waste. In the dictionary, the masculine noun waste means "exaggerated expenditure; squandering" and "use [...]