Author: Gene Lindsey

Gene Lindsey, MD, is the president and CEO of Atrius Health, a non-profit alliance of five community-based multi-specialty medical groups serving almost 700,000 patients in eastern Massachusetts.

The Critical Need for Lean Thinking in Healthcare Today

To borrow a term from the military, we live in a VUCA world—Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. Unfortunately, healthcare’s traditional hierarchical management approach lacks the flexibility, adaptive agility, or innovative energy to meet the challenges of this new world. However, every employee at every healthcare institution has the ability to identify waste and enact long … Continue reading “The Critical Need for Lean Thinking in Healthcare Today”