Lean Blog Interviews — 317: Patricia Morrill, “The Perils of Uncoordinated Care”

My guest for Episode #317 of the podcast is Patricia Morrill, a speaker, trainer, consultant, researcher, and author of the book The Perils of Un-Coordinated Healthcare: A Strategic Approach toward Eliminating Preventable Harm.

With 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, she has focused on blending operational efficiencies with healing environments. Patricia has successfully integrated Lean and Project Management methodologies with organizational strategic goals to build roadmaps for execution. Check out her website and her blog.

In today’s episode, we discuss her personal story about her mother’s death that came as the result of a preventable medical error. What can be done to prevent medical errors, harm, and death?