In the last two years, healthcare delivery has gone through a significant evolution. Telehealth services that were once rare, became the predominant method. In addition, with the growth of technology, other work is being done to deliver care at home or outside of the traditional setting of a hospital […]
On a recent afternoon, Peter Mariahazy, Chief Administrative Office for Catalysis’ and the host of our podcast, The Lens, had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Dan Low, Chief Medical Officer at Adaptx and Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, to discuss how every patient can make the system smarter when it comes to […]
Data is important to driving improvement work. It is not always easy to access the right information or to analyze it in a way that can be used to create real, sustainable change. In 2019, Dr. Dan Low, from Seattle Children’s Hospital, presented a learning session on how they […]
On a recent afternoon, Peter Mariahazy, Chief Administrative Office for Catalysis’ and the host of our podcast, The Lens, had the opportunity to sit down with Trevor Hall, Vice President of Human Resources, Communications, Continuous Improvement and Appeals at Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board to discuss the value of leader standard work, specifically the impact of […]
Stefan Agamanolis, Chief Innovation Officer, and Mike Antochow, Operational Excellence and Innovation Leader, from Akron Children’s Hospital talk about work in their Innovation Center. Akron Children’s Hospital is a member of the Catalysis Healthcare Value Network and recently shared a case study about work in a sharing session open […]
We’ve so often heard the phrase, “innovation can mean different things to different people, different organizations.” No matter how one defines it, the truth of the matter is, innovation is needed in order to grow and evolve the business. It’s no wonder that in most organizations innovation spins off of improvement work or the improvement […]
Trevor Hall, Vice President of Human Resources, Communications, Continuous Improvement and Appeals at Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board, talks about the value of leader standard work, specifically the impact of leader standard work when starting a new role. Related Items Leader Standard Work Course on Catalysis Academy Blog “Four Reasons […]
For now, it’s COVID of course. Hospitals are overflowing with sick patients, mostly unvaccinated. Outpatient departments are closed, and staff are reassigned to fight the latest variant, Omicron. The burden on healthcare workers is big and could have been avoided, which makes many sad, frustrated, and downright angry. So, hats off to everyone doing the […]
We are joined by a team of nurses and CI staff from Michigan Medicine to discuss how they have been using process observation, or process confirmation as they like to call it, as a tool for problem-solving within their management system. Related Items Creating a Lean Management System virtual […]
Dr. Dorothy Hung, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Lean Engagement & Research at the University of California – Berkley (CLEAR) joins The Lens to discuss recent research CLEAR completed through interviews with healthcare leaders on the benefits of using a Daily Management System during the pandemic. CLEAR is […]
