Based in Salem, Oregon, Salem Health is the premier health care provider for Oregon’s Willamette Valley serving patients in Marion, Polk, Benton, Lincoln and Yamhill counties. Salem Health facilities include the main campus in Salem, Salem Health West Valley in Dallas and seven Salem Health clinics. The not-for-profit organization has provided pioneering medicine since 1896. […]
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Pejsa named director of HVN and Hartman, executive coach Appleton, Wis. (Oct. 8, 2015) – The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value welcomes Paul Pejsa and Thomas Hartman to its growing team. Pejsa is the new director for the Center’s Healthcare Value Network, a peer-to-peer learning group which helps member organizations across North America learn, […]
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Post 3 of 4 in a Blog Series by Kim Barnas As I visit healthcare organizations around North America, people come forward sharing concerns that they are hitting a wall, even within the management system. Often what I hear is that they have implemented stat sheets and huddles, but not all of them have implemented […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/performance-process-accountability/
Paul is director of the Healthcare Value Network, a peer-to-peer learning group which helps member organizations across North America learn, share, and connect on the application of lean healthcare principles. Paul brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare operations to HVN, as well as experience as a Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black […]
https://createvalue.org/who-we-are/our-team/paul-pejsa/
Post 2 of 4 in a Blog Series by Kim Barnas If you encourage staff to identify defects, you better have a process to solve them. Often the first step is to bring those defects forward to a huddle. In the book Beyond Heroes, we recommend that this conversation occurs at a huddle board (visual […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/solving-problems-why-you-need-a-process/
Karen is the Senior Manager of Education Development where she is responsible for the development of curriculum and educational services. In her role, she works with healthcare organizations to understand their current state and design a transformation journey roadmap to help them reach their goals of attaining operational excellence. Karen joined Catalysis after 20 plus […]
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One of the advantages I have in my role is to participate in gemba at many organizations. I can see their lean journey maturing. I can see their business management systems developing as their leaders iteratively go through cycles of PDSA. I also see the large amount of process waste that emerges as each unit […]
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Marta works with organizations to develop customized roadmaps for achieving operational excellence. She manages long-term customer relationships, while also coaching and teaching lean principles to healthcare leaders. In her previous role as education director, Marta was responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of a broad range of services offered by Catalysis, including onsite and […]
https://createvalue.org/who-we-are/our-team/marta-karlov/
Recently, I was skimming through travel websites in search of the most scenic route to take from my home town in northeast Wisconsin to a location in southern Indiana where our bi-annual family reunion will be held next month. We have made this trip a number of times and are ready to look out the […]
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This is the first in a series of blog posts where we will discuss our current thinking on each of the principles that work together as a system to guide the thinking and actions behind better healthcare. The focus of this post is to explain what we mean by “guiding principles for excellence in healthcare.” […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/guiding-principles-for-excellent-healthcare/
