In Innovation and Best Practices in Health Care Scheduling, CEOs with experience leading change in five of the nation’s prominent health systems-Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, Kaiser Permanente, ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, and Seattle Children’s Hospital-describe how they tackled the complex issues surrounding wait times throughout the continuum of care. They review the important forces […]
The Health Care Cost Institute published a new data brief that examines trends in out-of-pocket spending at a national and state level, and looks at average differences in consumer prices for a set of five common medical procedures nationally and in nine states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin. With […]
Lean Principles and Peer-to-Peer Learning Improve Patient Value Throughout 2014, members of the Healthcare Value Network (HVN) released results of their healthcare improvement efforts. That commitment to transparency now continues into the first quarter of 2015 with the HVN’s latest batch of results on the power of lean principles to drive improvement in care […]
HHS has set a goal of tying 30 percent of traditional, or fee-for-service, Medicare payments to quality or value through alternative payment models, such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or bundled payment arrangements by the end of 2016, and tying 50 percent of payments to these models by the end of 2018. HHS also set […]
Valley Health joins healthcare leaders from more than 50 other systems across North America who share a commitment to providing high-quality, cost-effective care through the application of lean concepts. Were honored to welcome Valley Health as our first new member in 2015, said Mike Stoecklein, director of the network. Through the member network, Valley Health […]
The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value welcomes Patsy Engel as education manager. In her new role, Engel will act as faculty for the Lean Management System programs and will lead the development of new products and services geared for healthcare organizations in North America. Engel previously was a director of operations at ThedaCare, a seven-hospital […]
We are looking for Wisconsin healthcare leaders to participate in an innovative project to develop and submit a State Health System Innovation Plan. Click image to read about this important project!
Once again, Consumer Reports is evaluating customer satisfaction and hospital performance, this time in California. Among the survey questions were: Did the doctor listen carefully and spend enough time with the patient? Were test results provided? Were receptionists as courteous and helpful as they should be? And was the patient able to see the doctor within […]
Taking a leap of faith, Michael Grogan decided to “coach lean thinking in a hospital in one of the poorest, but most interesting countries in the world, Tanzania.” He’s had support from the lean community, as well. Michael reflects, “I’m grateful as well for the support we have from the lean community. Five lean coaches have […]
The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value has released a new 25-minute video, Moving Beyond Budgeting in Healthcare: How Finance Can Support Operational Excellence. Appleton, Wis., January 14, 2015 The DVD video examines two healthcare organizations that have taken steps to reduce waste in their financial planning and provides a professional financial perspective on how to […]
