Chris Taylor leads TIBCO Software’s Nimbus Americas Consulting practice and writes the blog SucessfulWorkplace.com. He shares examples of big wins in healthcare reform by ThedaCare and Intermountain Health Care. Highlights work of ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. To download the article, click here
As more hospitals, physicians and payors nationwide enter into integrated care models, the time is ripe for hospital leaders to consider issues ACOs will face during formation, in order to address the biggest mistakes they might make on the path to starting one. To download the article, click here
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
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John Toussaint, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, quoted in 07/23/2009 Journal Sentinel article. Click here
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
The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) and the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, have formed a partnership to fundamentally improve healthcare delivery. See attached for more information. Download
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 appeared on January 5, 2009 in Modern Healthcare and describes the road map for employers to use when buying health care services. 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. Efficiency_is_the_Cure12
