Quality of stemmi
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http://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=33933:aim-false-stemi-activations-lead-to-costs-inappropriate-cath-lab-use
Author Archives: John Toussaint
Building the Case for Change
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John Toussaint, MD, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and author of the recently published Potent Medicine: The Collaborative Cure for Healthcare is featured in this presentation summarizing the three core elements needed to dramatically improve healthcare value in the United States: Delivery of Care Designed around the Patient. Meaningful care delivery is […]
Beth Israel recipient of CMS Innovators Grant
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Beth Israel Deaconess has been working on lean for a number of years. They are redesigning care to focus on reducing hospital readmissions. Using lean tools such as value stream mapping and kaizen improvement teams they are identifying waste in the inpatient care delivery process and removing it. They have mapped each step in the […]
Health insurance premiums up 70% since 2005
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As if we needed another reminder that change is necessary. This well crafted article http://www.jsonline.com/business/health-care-costs-for-family-of-four-to-top-20000-d95e6f2-151550145.html by Guy Bolton explains what is happening to families as health care costs continue to spiral out of control. In my new book Potent Medicine https://www.createvalue.org/delivery/books-media/new-potent-medicine I describe the fundamental factors contributing to this cost crisis and what is working to fix the problem. From […]
Mark Graban Interviews John Toussaint Regarding Potent Medicine
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Check out my interview with Mark Graban on his Lean Blog. Listen as we discuss my new book, Potent Medicine, which describes what’s working in Wisconsin and around the country. http://www.leanblog.org/2012/05/podcast-146-john-toussaint-md-potent-medicine/
The Power of Potent Medicine
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I’m hoping many of you have already heard the news about my latest book, Potent Medicine: The Collaborative Cure for Healthcare. It launched earlier this month, and if you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, jump over to our Books & Media page. The Kindle version will be available in May. I’m particularly excited about […]
Mark Graban interviews ThedaCare CEO on ACOs
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ThedaCare along with several other Healthcare Value Network members have decided to participate in the Pioneer ACO program. Listen to Dean Gruner M.D. describe the reasons and challenges. The following blog post by Mark Graban explores the ACO concept and how lean may fit into successful implementation of this payment reform strategy. http://www.leanblog.org/2012/04/podcast-144-dr-dean-gruner-lean-acos-at-thedacare/ […]
27 new ACOs named
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It’s getting confusing. What’s a Pioneer ACO vs. a CMS ACO? How is the savings shared or how are penalties determined? How many medicare patients does an organization need to be able to care for to participate? These questions and others are frequently asked in the circles I am in. I decided to define some […]
ABIM Foundation announces “Choosing Wisely”
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It’s about time the medical societies in this country take aim at the waste that exists in patient care. One of those wastes is Overproduction. In healthcare it is manifested by unnecessary tests and procedures being done to patients. This results in excessive cost and at times, patient harm. In my recently released book Potent Medicine I […]
Bye Bye to budgets
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Budgets are obsolete the day after they are created. Budgets are poor predictors and guides for performance. At ThedaCare budgets never perfectly predicted actual performance. Prediction accuracy varied from 2% to 169%. If this is such a flawed practice why does anyone still use a budget? Read the following to understand what ThedaCare has learned. […]
