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Newsletter: How a Management System Can Improve Patient Care

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  A true transformation starts with leaders’ behaviors EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES As interest in the daily management system grew, we taught it to other health systems in the U.S. and Canada and early results showed very promising returns. The daily management system gave administrators and caregivers a method to find the root cause […]

Newsletter: How Principles Sustain Cultural Transformation

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  Make your organization stand out EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES “Starbucks has taken the ultimate commodity, the coffee bean, and turned it into an experience. We have taken the most personal of experiences, healthcare, and turned it into a commodity.” ~ Brian Wong, MD, CEO, The Bedside Trust Many hospitals struggle to differentiate themselves […]

Newsletter: Leadership Behaviors are Key to Cultural Change

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  Earn CE credits while developing new skills. EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES Martin’s Point Health Care was an early adopter of lean concepts in healthcare, and its use of lean has progressively matured since 2010. As the organization progressed on their continuous improvement journey they realized that a critical component for culture change was […]

Newsletter: Is Lean Making a Difference in Healthcare?

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EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES The Center for Lean Engagement & Research in Healthcare (CLEAR) is assessing the extent to which lean management philosophy, practices and tools have been adopted and implemented in U.S. hospitals. CLEAR set out to find answers to these questions: What percent or hospitals in the US are engaging in lean or […]

Newsletter: Can Changes in Operations Management Improve Patient Care?

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  Don’t miss out on our upcoming workshops. EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES The rate of change in the business of healthcare has been extraordinarily fast in the past two decades. The shift to electronic medical records, mergers that create giant hospital systems, nationwide plans to insure more (or less) people—all of these systemic transformations […]

Newsletter: How to Improve Governance Through Principles

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  EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES The value imperative is challenging boards to apply Lean principles to governance processes. Many boards are composed of community leaders who are accomplished executives from other industries. Often, these well-meaning board members want to apply their business acumen to the operations of the hospital or health system. Instead, they should be encouraged to focus most of their […]

Newsletter: Celebrating 10 Years of Transforming Healthcare

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  EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES Our vision is to transform the healthcare industry to deliver higher value through experiments, collaboration, and education that spreads learning and accelerates improvement. A lot has happened over the last 10 years – and we want to share some of the milestones with you! The Catalysis Healthcare Value Network […]

Newsletter: No One Likes to Change but We All Like to Improve

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  EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES The 9th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Chicago, IL was a great success. We enjoyed learning, sharing, and connecting with healthcare leaders from around the world. Here are a few key learnings from the week: The executive team should be the coaches and teach new leaders. The hardest […]

Newsletter: Evolving Leadership to Support a Culture of Continuous Improvement

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  Make informed strategic choices to sustain transformation improvement EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES Martin’s Point Health Care was an early adopter of lean concepts in healthcare, and its use of lean has progressively matured since 2010. As the organization progressed on their continuous improvement journey they realized that a critical component for culture change […]

Newsletter: Personal Experiences from Lean Healthcare Leaders

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  A learning system for healthcare strategy EDUCATION   EVENTS   STORE   NETWORKS   RESOURCES This year’s Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit has an impressive line up of keynote speakers who have influenced change in their organizations and inspired others in their cultural transformations.   Can you match these speakers with their background? Check your answers If you are […]