An urgent need in American health care is improving quality and efficiency while controlling costs. One promising management approach Lean. The goal of this article is to provide a template for health care leaders to use in considering the implementation of Lean. The Promise of Lean in Healthcare Article
To read John Toussaint’s opinion about IOM’s September article. click here – Toussaint Letter in Modern Healthcare Mag Oct 1, 2012
John Toussaint, M.D., discusses the three things that he looks for when accessing care as a patient. To read the article, click here
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
The Center has published another article focused on the important steps necessary to lead a health care continuous improvement cultural transformation. Why are we still underperforming.Frontiers
Health Affairs is a peer reviewed journal which is considered the most important public policy journal in the U.S. Source: Health Affairs content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/28/5/1343?ijkey=DaihQcK51hKwg&keytype=ref&siteid=healthaff
This article written by John Toussaint, MD and published in ASQ’s Health Care Quality January supplement describes how the use of unblinded physician performance data in a non-blaming environment can have dramatic effects on quality. Download
This article published on the ASQ web site describes ThedaCare’s experience in using data and the lean methodology to change physician performance. Download
This article appeared on January 5, 2009 in Modern Healthcare and describes the road map for employers to use when buying health care services. Download
