Hospital Kaizen Board
From a Society for Health Systems webinar.
Category: Visual Idea Boards & Other Kaizen Boards
This collection of posts shares real-world examples of Visual Idea Boards, Kaizen Boards, and other visual management tools used in healthcare and beyond. These boards make improvement work visible, help teams track ideas and actions, and support daily continuous improvement—not just occasional projects.
The examples include physical boards, electronic systems, and creative adaptations, with commentary on what matters most: leadership behaviors, problem focus, and follow-through.
Electronic Kaizen at Toyota Memorial Hospital
Katie Anderson shared this in her blog post. Click to learn more about how Toyota Memorial Hospital uses an electronic Kaizen system. It’s not just about technology — you also need a methodology and the right leadership behaviors every day. …
Card from St. Antonius (The Netherlands)
Shared with permission from St. Antonius Hospital in The Netherlands.
A Hospital Kaizen Card
I like this example of a modified Kaizen card. It’s different than the template in our book, but it’s one I would endorse. Most importantly, it starts with a problem statement and not just an idea. Seen displayed at the …
Movie-Themed Idea Board
This is the idea board from the emergency department at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. They first started their Kaizen program under the coaching of Mark Graban in September 2012. They like to keep things fun and fresh, giving …
Visual Idea Board from Holzer Health
Here is the first board that’s in place at Holzer Health, in Ohio. This is how the board looked in their first week of use in the Emergency Department.
KaiNexus – Electronic Visibility
A growing number of healthcare organizations are using the KaiNexus collaborative improvement platform to “make improvement happen” in their organizations. Electronic boards have the advantages of providing visibility across departments and across sites within your organization. Disclaimer: Mark Graban, co-author …
“Wall of Fame” from a 3PL & Distribution Company
Shared by Ted Makros from NFI Industries. “This is our “Kaizen Wall of Fame” we have going here and in just 2 months, I already have 70 “simple Kaizen” ideas and we are implementing almost daily.
“Kaizen Wall of Fame” from a Hospital
This example appears in Healthcare Kaizen, from a hospital lab. What’s labeled as “Kaizen Events” really refers to small Kaizen improvements, not the formal weeklong team events that are also used in healthcare.