Today at the Institute of Medicine I listened to Douglas Elmendorf from the Congressional Budget Office(CBO) followed by Nancy-Ann Deparle the health reform director at the Whitehouse and came away thinking we really have a bigger problem than we think.To Mr Elmendorf’s credit, he admits there is so much uncertainty in most aspects of American […]
On May 26th a number of national leaders in healthcare will come together to discuss how to create the right incentives for health care change. Two Network members are invited,Group Health of Puget Sound and the ThedaCare Center. In addition 2 other lean healthcare organizations will attend. Lean healthcare is going to be well represented […]
Walt Rugland the chairman of both the ThedaCare board and the ThedaCare Center board, testified recently in a House hearing on transparency of prices in healthcare Transparency is one of the three fundamental reforms the Center has been espousing for many months.The other two are delivery system redesign to improve value to patients using lean and […]
Carolyn Clancy visited the Kimberly clinic and Orthopedics Plus in addition to Radiation Oncology, and Collaborative Care at Appleton Medical Center. Read what she said and view videos. The Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) has been one of the big winners from a federal budget perspective. The budget has almost doubled by several […]
Carolyn Clancy M.D. the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is making a presentation to the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday May 11th. Following that she will be traveling to Appleton for a gemba visit at ThedaCare. ThedaCare will be host to the director of the agency charged […]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel healthcare reporter Guy Boulton writes about the development of the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO), on which Dr. Toussaint serves as chairman. Click here
John Torinus, chairman of Serigraph, Inc., opines about the need for consumer-driven healthcare in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel guest commentary. Click here.
Guy Boulton describes how ThedaCare is eliminating waste and reducing errors through its Collaborative Care unit in his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article. Download
This Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement article describes how ThedaCare’s Collaborative Care model is creating efficiencies and shortening length of stays for hospital patients. Download
