The September/October edition of Health Affairs is dubbed "Bending the Cost Curve in Health Spending". There are many articles that focus on managing the cost of American medicine. One of those articles features the remarkable improvements that ThedaCare and others have achieved using the methodology of "lean". This methodology which has been derived from manufacturing and applied to health care is radically improving both the cost and the quality of health care delivery. The Health Affairs article documents the types of improvement organizations can expect by adopting these principles.
The Health Care Value Leaders Network is the first group of health care organizations around the U.S. and Canada that have all committed to transforming their organizations using lean principles as described in the Health Affairs article. If you are interested in joining us please go to our web site and click on "network" and then "how to join". You will be prompted to fill out a one page document describing your organization. Once that is submitted we will contact you and describe the types of activities you can immediately get involved in.
To read the abstract, click here - http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/28/5/1256.extract?sid=a87a67ca-c6e0-4407-9d45-3b334756e892
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