In John Torinus’s latest blog, he discusses the impact of lean in manufacturing and how other sectors are utilizing lean practices. John shares how lean is transforming healthcare and can be applied to any process. To download the blog, click here
An urgent need in American health care is improving quality and efficiency while controlling costs. One promising management approach Lean. The goal of this article is to provide a template for health care leaders to use in considering the implementation of Lean. The Promise of Lean in Healthcare Article
The January issue of Consumer Reports lists ThedaCare Physicians and Marshfield Clinic as having received the highest overall scores among 19 participating medical groups in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality provided the performance information for the article. To download the article, click here – WCHQ-Consumer-Reports
But problem solving is a problem at companies accustomed to hiding problems, according to Shook. To read the article, click here
The first round of reports from Colorado’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) are now available. To read the reports, click here
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) has selected John Toussaint, MD, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, for induction into its Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals for their extraordinary contributions to the achievement of the AME’s mission. To read the article, click here
Brad Power October 18, 2012 | 11:00 AM ET If you’ve had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven’t given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Continue reading below… To read the article, click here
This study outlines how ThedaCare utilized the Toyota Production System to redesign inpatient care and the results that the organization achieved. To read the article, click here
Wisconsin’s ThedaCare embraced Toyota’s lean manufacturing techniques back in 2007 and has since seen impressive results in better quality and patient satisfaction and lower costs and length of stay, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). To read the article, click here
To read John Toussaint’s opinion about IOM’s September article. click here – Toussaint Letter in Modern Healthcare Mag Oct 1, 2012
