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
Karen Timberlake, director of the Partnership for Healthcare Payment Reform (PHPR) in Wisconsin, describes lessons learned during bundled payment experiments in 2012. Bundled payment for total knee replacement in the commercially insured population is up and running in three locations in Wisconsin. These organizations, along with three payer partners, are participating through the Wisconsin Partnership […]
Dr. Ralph F. Kalies, founder of BidRx, explains how changing the traditional business model in the pharmacy industry can help lower costs. Organization Overview: BidRx® creates a competitive electronic marketplace (CEMTM) for medications that allows patients and providers to engage in active, transparent commerce on-line and in real time. The model fosters head-to-head, value-driven competition among […]
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
Michael Richards, Executive Director of External Affairs at Gundersen Lutheran Health System and Brian Vamstad, Legislative Policy Analyst and Coordinator of the Healthcare Quality Coalition discuss the HQC’s work. Organization Overview The Healthcare Quality Coalition (HQC) began in 2009 as an ad-hoc group of healthcare organizations advocating for reform to the healthcare delivery and payment […]
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
Brad Power October 18, 2012 | 11:00 AM ET If you’ve had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven’t given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Continue reading below… 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
Wisconsin’s ThedaCare embraced Toyota’s lean manufacturing techniques back in 2007 and has since seen impressive results in better quality and patient satisfaction and lower costs and length of stay, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). To read the article, click here
