It’s hard to prepare for the next pandemic when you’re in the middle of the first one. But hospitals and their PPE providers have no choice. With the uncertainties around COVID-19 and new variants emerging, healthcare providers and PPE suppliers do not have the luxury of waiting. So, what can we learn from last year […]
Peter Ward, Director, Center for Operational Excellence, discusses how lean thinking helped with establishing mass vaccination sites in metro areas across the country. As well as how this thinking translated in the transition to smaller vaccination sites after the initial rush. Related Items Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit […]
Today we have a special treat for our listeners. We will be sharing a segment of the PI leader discussion panel from our Summit in June. The panel features Penny Iannelli from UMass Memorial Health Care, Carlos Scholz from The Permanente Medical Group, and Yvette Sena from UNM Health […]
The conversion of paper medical charts to digital has been a massive effort over the past 10 to 15 years. The energy has led to the creation of an integrated patient record with every bit of information needed to provide diagnosis treatment and prevention while allowing full access of information to the patient. In this […]
A survey of 200 healthcare executives from around the globe, conducted by KPMG, reveals that while the pandemic has quickened transformation in healthcare systems, obstacles including workforce stability, provider incentivization and innovation barriers could slow progress. Chief executives from some of the world’s leading public and private healthcare providers in eight geographies were interviewed for KPMG’s […]
Kellie Olmstead, Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Nemours shares about how they utilized multiple aspects of the management system in defining as well as deploying their strategic plan. Related Items Creating a Lean Management System virtual workshop The Lean Management System Modular Implementation Program Transformation Roadmap Catalysis Healthcare […]
I was talking to a colleague this week who is the lean transformation leader at a large multispecialty physician group in California. He has a great deal of lean transformation experience. He asked me, “So what’s next? We have taken the transformation journey as outlined by Catalysis and we want to know what’s next.” It […]
In this episode, we discuss building the foundation for lean transformation with Tom Hartman, Executive Coach at Catalysis and former senior executive at Autoliv, the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive safety products. This foundation is your organization’s purpose combined with principles and values and it starts at the executive […]
John Toussaint, MD, co-author of Becoming the Change and thought leader in healthcare improvement describes using an A3 for personal development at the leadership level. Related Items Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Book: Becoming the Change by John Toussaint, MD, and Kim Barnas Catalysis CEO Forum Catalysis Physician Lean Leader Forum Catalysis Healthcare Value Network […]
I have had to answer many people during my career why I should espouse this management philosophy that is so hard to learn. The reason is simple; it saves lives. This has never been more clearly demonstrated than the work we witnessed in Westrand and Johannesburg, South Africa. The results CEOs Gladys Bogoshi and Grey […]
