Going Lean in Health Care

The concept called “lean management” or “lean thinking” is most commonly associated with Japanese manufacturing, particularly the Toyota Production System (TPS). Much of the TPS way of thinking is based on the work of quality guru W. Edwards Deming, who taught, among other things, that managers should stop depending on mass inspection to achieve quality and, instead, focus on improving the production process and building quality into the product in the first place.

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PureCare

One of the many challenges of the modern world is to help people with mental health problems. That’s what PureCare is here to do. Based in Gillingham in Kent, PureCare has been registered with the Care Quality Commission since 2006 and gained 3 stars (under the old inspection standards) within 18 months of opening. Since then we have been awarded an “Excellent” Quality and Risk profile under the new standards in 2010.

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Medical Device Cybersecurity: Trends and Predictions

whitePaper | May 2, 2022

Medical device cybersecurity is getting more attention than ever before. There are several reasons for this. New regulations, the SBOM initiative, and President's Biden’s executive order and subsequent request from Congress for a 14% increase in budget for supply chain and cybersecurity

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Top Priorities for Health Leaders 2022-2023

whitePaper | August 4, 2022

There has never been a time in the history of the U.S. healthcare system in which the leaders of hospitals, medical groups, and health systems have faced a broader range of pressures of all kindspolicy,

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The Cost of Not Having Healthcare CRM

whitePaper | November 20, 2019

This whitepaper examines the financial implications of an effective CRM system, without which your organization risks. To acquire and retain patients, health systems have to connect with their customers cost-effectively. And along the way, they need to detect and measure to what extent their marketing efforts are making an impact.

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Creating realistic tendon and ligament models using theDigital Anatomy Printer

whitePaper | January 21, 2023

Alongside the shift in healthcare toward personalized medicine, 3D print technology has emerged as an invaluable tool for academic medical centers, hospitals, and medical device manufacturers to create patient-specific anatomical models.

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The Impact of Ransomware on Healthcare During COVID-19 and Beyond

whitePaper | November 17, 2021

The pandemic hit the healthcare industry hard, but it also weakened the cybersecurity defenses of most providers, making them far more vulnerable to threats such as ransomware. This report, covered across national news, is considered the most significant actionable cybersecurity research over the past several years because it also documents the severe impact on patient care. This executive summary includes critical areas that providers can address starting today.

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Humanizing healthcare: Fighting burnout and bringing joy back to medicine

whitePaper | December 24, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on all of us, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in particular are carrying the weight of the ongoing crisis.

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PureCare

One of the many challenges of the modern world is to help people with mental health problems. That’s what PureCare is here to do. Based in Gillingham in Kent, PureCare has been registered with the Care Quality Commission since 2006 and gained 3 stars (under the old inspection standards) within 18 months of opening. Since then we have been awarded an “Excellent” Quality and Risk profile under the new standards in 2010.

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