John Toussaint, MD, Executive Chairman of the Catalysis Board of Directors, explains the importance of engaging the Board of Directors in improvement work in healthcare organizations. Related Items The Lean Thinking Board of Directors Custom Session Customized Education Services
Elina Reponen, MD, Ph.D., Chief Anesthesiologist at the Helsinki University Hospital, shares with us about her experience in Finland using the self-assessment instrument for Lean implementation in a healthcare system that was developed by CLEAR (the Center for Lean Engagement and Research). Related Items Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Customized Education
By: Lucy Xenophon, MD, MPH and John Toussaint, MD Prodigious streams of data flow to health care providers. Patient-experience comparisons, throughput dashboards, length-of-stay and early-discharge data, rates of hospital-acquired conditions, hand-hygiene compliance, mortality, and readmissions are just a few examples. Often, however, these data do not convey the information that is needed to improve the […]
