When healthcare organizations take the bold step to embark on a lean transformation, the results they anticipate are based on one thing: improving patient outcomes. At Catalysis we first began helping hospital administrators understand and implement lean principles in 2008, before lean was truly proven in the industry. Dr. John Toussaint, founder and CEO of […]
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation for Health Care, Research and Education (PAMF) is a not-for-profit health care organization serving the health needs of more than 700,000 patients and countless area residents who live in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties in California. PAMF is part of the Peninsula Coastal Region of Sutter […]
Optimizing leadership skills is more important than ever, given a fast-changing health care environment rife with competitive new services such as CVS MinuteClinics, virtual second-opinion specialty shops, and offshore 24-hour radiology reading services. To adapt, and survive, organizations must take advantage of every bit of institutional talent. But this can happen only if leaders first […]
Located in the heart of Kitchener, Ontario, St. Mary’s General Hospital is the second-largest acute care hospital in the St. Joseph’s Health System. Since 1924, the organization has been a cornerstone in the community, providing patient-centered care. Today its team of 2,000 physicians, professionals and volunteers serve a population of more than 700,000 people. A […]
Originally posted at Waterloo Region Record By Johanna Weidner WATERLOO REGION — St. Mary’s General Hospital ranked first in Canada in a comparison of patient survival rates. Grand River Hospital also ranked in the Top 10, and Cambridge Memorial Hospital came in under the provincial average after being well above last year. “Patients can be […]
NEWS RELEASE For More Information: Chuck Grothaus 612-770-0026 chuck.grothaus@c2comms.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH OPENS NEW CENTER FOR LEAN ENGAGEMENT AND RESEARCH IN HEALTHCARE Funded By ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, Rona Consulting Group and Lean Enterprise Institute, New Center Will Study Lean Healthcare Management Strategies BERKELEY, CALIF. – October 13, […]
In this new post in the UK Improvement Alliance blog, John Toussaint, MD, describes how collaborative learning and the ability to go see what good looks like, is the foundation of the Healthcare Value Network. Read full article here.
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF NOVEMBER 14, 2015 In all the years Dr. Eric W. Dickson worked in UMass Memorial Health Care’s big emergency room here, moving from one patient to the next, he never dreamed that one day he might run the whole health system. But in 2013, Dickson got the job. And […]
By: Roberto Priolo, Planet Lean Most leaders interested in lean have to learn how to become teachers, a very difficult process not everybody is able to complete. Hereford learned to be a teacher right at the beginning of his career, which – he admits – is an advantage. According to him, what’s changed in his […]
Abstract Purpose This case study describes how Lean performance improvement principles helped transform an integrated healthcare system’s talent acquisition team to best in class. Design/methodology/approach Spectrum Health’s Talent Acquisition team needed to change its functional processes to better achieve its recruitment goals. In 2013, the system’s Talent Acquisition and Process Improvement teams partnered to conduct […]
