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A blog about important topics for medical device and healthcare innovators.

The Pilot Manufacturing and Quality area of MIX causes double-takes

Posted by Michelle Wu

May 13, 2010

So you think you are ready to manufacture a device?  As the numerous near life-size cut-outs illustrate, a number of questions must be answered and worked on by various areas of expertise at Ximedica before our clients are ready to ship physical product out the door.  There is definitely more work than just assembling the parts of the device together!

Six Sigma for Healthcare

Posted by Michelle Wu

April 9, 2010

I saw this article on a process visualization tool called Spaghetti map.  The process is relatively intuitive and is a systematic way to visualize the physical space in which processes occur.  We have used it at Ximedica on processes that end up literally looking like a bunch of tangled spaghetti!

 

http://www.sixsigmaiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?columnid=10&externalid=1874&WT.mc_id=EM4780M&WT.dcsvid=79568473

Visualizing the inter-relationships between per capita healthcare costs, access, and life expectancy

Posted by Adrian Bussone

January 18, 2010

This graphic by National Geographic provides a thought-provoking look at various countries' per capita health care spending, average annual visits to a doctor, and average life expectancy.

Enough said.


Great Example of making an impact with visualization

Posted by Adrian Bussone

October 22, 2009

With all the talk that’s going on about H1N1, I thought David McCandless did a great job of putting the threat into perspective.