by Ted Eytan, on 19 Apr 2006 10:13 pm
The Journey
One piece flow and the medical profession
I definitely feel that the medical profession will have a problem with one piece flow. We are absolutely addicted to multi-tasking. It is one of the hardest lesson that a medical student or resident learns - that they cannot truly work with a patient from start to finish and must rely on support systems to provide actual “care.”
I am working with one of our specialty groups, and like all specialists, they are incredibly smart, able to juggle numerous amounts of data (which I don’t think the scope of they even appreciate), and pop in and out of focus. The team that I am with who is serving them are also similarly driven. It is hard for the recovering clinician to think about seeing something through from start to finish. I hate to think that one day I will be knocking on the doors of the Association of American Medical Colleges as part of this journey, but I think I may….