On May 26th a number of national leaders in healthcare will come together to discuss how to create the right incentives for health care change. Two Network members are invited,Group Health of Puget Sound and the ThedaCare Center. In addition 2 other lean healthcare organizations will attend.
Lean healthcare is going to be well represented at the upcoming IOM meeting on Value Incentives next Wednesday May 26th.The agenda is enclosed but presentations from Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound (A Healthcare Value Leaders Network member) and Virginia Mason will be an important part of the agenda.Denver Health is also invited. In addition the congressional budget office director Douglas Elmendorf and the White House director of health reform Nancy Ann DeParle will be in attendance. The invitee list includes a number of other high profile government officials and academics as well.
The remarkable thing about this meeting is the actual practitioners of care who have been invited are almost all using lean to transform their organizations.And in some cases have published compelling data on cost and quality outcomes which are directly tied to their lean activities. This is an exciting step in the right direction to improve quality and lower the cost of healthcare across the U.S. I'll be reporting next week on what happened and next steps.
Click link to see agenda for next week. VILC agenda 7May10
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