With the financial pressures that healthcare organizations are facing, many hospitals are using traditional cost cutting methods to save money by looking at layoffs and staff reductions. Many more hospitals, however, are finding ways to reduce costs through lean management methods…. To read the article, click here
ThedaCare, which likewise has been employing Toyota’s industrial efficiency principles in its hospitals to great effect for more than 10 years, is now seeing great interest from other organizations, as the health care industry moves to reap the rewards of its seemingly-necessary move to… To read the article, click here
Dr. Toussaint comments on how the Supreme Court’s decision affects healthcare. To watch the interview, click here
Read reactions from healthcare leaders, executives, lawyers and consultants. To read the article, click here
See notes from the panel discussion with CEOs from four health systems across the U.S. and Canada. To read their comments, click here – CEO Panel Q&A Summary.2012
11 CEOs half of whom lead lean healthcare organizations created this checklist of important components for delivering better value to patients. To read the article, click here – CEOHighValueChecklist
New HealthEast CEO Kathryn Correia talks about challenges, opportunities ahead for the small hospital system, which has faced some financial troubles in recent years. Kathryn was formerly with ThedaCare in Appleton, Wisconsin. To read the article, click here – http://www.startribune.com/business/158145115.html
WisconsinEye recently filmed the Milwaukee Rotary’s event featuring Dr. John Toussaint To watch the video, click here – http://www.wiseye.org/Programming/VideoArchive/EventDetail.aspx?evhdid=6090
Data will drive healthcare reform; implementing the Toyota Production System enables healthcare systems to obtain usable data. Read the blog here
Mark Graban interviews John Toussaint about health reform and his new book, Potent Medicine, which describes what’s working in Wisconsin and around the country. To download the podcast, click here
