Kathryn Correia was named CEO of HealthEast in 2012. She has spent years honing her lean thinking skills preparing for this challenge. The following article outlines her strategy to transform HealthEast to a culture of lean thinking. (Reprinted with permission from Enterprise Minnesota.) Follow this link to download the article, Lean is Healthy
John S. Toussaint, MD, has earned his second prestigious Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award for his book, Potent Medicine: The Collaborative Cure for Healthcare. The Shingo Prize recognizes a book’s contribution to operational excellence. PM Shingo Award_D2
We sit down with Reena Koshy of the Puget Sound Health Alliance to discuss the Multi-Payer Medical Home Payment pilot. Organization Overview: The Puget Sound Health Alliance is a non-profit, multi-stakeholder regional health improvement collaborative. The Alliance is part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality program, having joined the program in 2006 […]
Dr. Toussaint discusses the impact of lean on the industry and which strategies CEOs should pursue. To download the article, click here – Combined HA Frontiers Release
A new clinical business intelligence network (CBIN) has formed with the mission to learn, share and connect on the critical process of integrating business intelligence with healthcare enterprise strategy. To download the article, click here – 3.1.13.CBIN Founding Members Release_FINAL
The January issue of Consumer Reports lists ThedaCare Physicians and Marshfield Clinic as having received the highest overall scores among 19 participating medical groups in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality provided the performance information for the article. To download the article, click here – WCHQ-Consumer-Reports
But problem solving is a problem at companies accustomed to hiding problems, according to Shook. To read the article, click here
The first round of reports from Colorado’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) are now available. To read the reports, click here
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) has selected John Toussaint, MD, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, for induction into its Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals for their extraordinary contributions to the achievement of the AME’s mission. To read the article, click here
This study outlines how ThedaCare utilized the Toyota Production System to redesign inpatient care and the results that the organization achieved. To read the article, click here
