I'm happy to present a new multi-part video discussion series about Lean Healthcare Design, featuring Miguel Burbano, an architect and Senior Vice President with The Neenan Company, and Dr. Randall Huss, President of the St. John's Clinic - Rolla (MO).

We have about an hour of video altogether that will be released in five weekly installments. You can visit www.leanblog.org/leandesign for the entire series.

Your host is Mark Graban, author of the book "Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction" and the founder of LeanBlog.org.

Part 1: (1/4/11)

In this introduction, Part 1, Miguel and Dr. Huss discuss how they got introduced to Lean principles and how they came to incorporate them into the design of a new clinic in Rolla, MO.