Originally posted at Lean.org by Helen Zak December 7, 2017 “A bad system will beat a good person every time.” These sage words from W. Edwards Deming, sum up what many healthcare leaders face on a daily basis: bad systems working directly against the ability to deliver quality outcomes for patients. For decades, industry has […]
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I had the opportunity to attend a recent meeting at the Cleveland Clinic sponsored by the Catalysis Healthcare Value Network. This was my second exposure to the continuous improvement work at Cleveland Clinic, the first being a session focused on the process improvement in their finance department, two years ago. A lot has changed in […]
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by John Toussaint, MD December 5, 2017 The landscape for the delivery of health care in the United States is changing, but the traditional care-delivery players are not the change agents. The recent announcement of CVS’s $69 billion deal to acquire Aetna brings an insurer together with a large network of primary care providers: CVS has built […]
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Behavioral dimensions that foster a culture of continuous improvement Get Involved EDUCATION EVENTS STORE NETWORKS RESOURCES Greetings! John Toussaint, MD, has visited and observed nearly 200 healthcare systems in more than 17 countries. Almost every one of these organizations has undergone significant innovative care redesign in recent years and has attempted to spread […]
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NEWS RELEASE For More Information: Chuck Grothaus 612-770-0026 chuck.grothaus@c2comms.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOSPITALS IN SOUTH AFRICA BENEFIT FROM LEAN MANAGEMENT Transforming Healthcare Systems and Improving Patient Care Doesn’t Require Big Budgets or Expensive Technology APPLETON, WISC. – October 3, 2017 – Following the Lean Healthcare Summit hosted by the Lean Institute Africa, Catalysis today […]
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Insights from Leading a Lean Healthcare Revolution “If the leaders to create the environment, most of the time the employees will respond because frankly, people do want to get up and go to work and do a good job, ” says John Toussaint, MD and CEO of Catalysis. Bill Box, co-founder of Exploring Forward Thinking […]
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Are You Overburdening Your Operational Leaders? When executive teams develop strategies for the organization, it is important to: Consider the current organization conditions. Jeff Hunter, former senior vice president of strategy and marketing at ThedaCare, discusses defining and deploying strategy. Connect the improvement work to value-driven organization measures. Keep the number of initiatives to the […]
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Does Your Management Style Allow for Innovative Thinking? Many leaders suffer from behavioral tendencies and management styles that don’t naturally allow for innovative thinking. Decades of adhering to regulations, organizational procedures and healthcare mandates hinder the ability (or desire) to try new thinking to solve persistent organizational issues and problems. When it comes to innovation in […]
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During my tenure as a hospital CEO, one hurdle often seemed insurmountable: getting leaders and staff across the organization to think like innovators. Many leaders suffer from behavioral tendencies and management styles that don’t naturally allow for innovative thinking. Decades of adhering to regulations, organizational procedures and healthcare mandates hinder the ability (or desire) to […]
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