Insights from the 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Three Key Takeaways from the 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit The 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit was a huge success. If you were one of more than 600 attendees in Palm Springs this year, thanks for coming. And if you weren’t able to join us, we hope […]
Learn, Share and Connect at Its Best! Each year the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit offers attendees a chance to share their lean successes and challenges with each other – and learn about new trends that may help them succeed on their journey. The 2017 Summit wrapped up on June 8 and provided hours of fruitful […]
5 Behaviors You Can Change to Create a Lean Culture Cultural Change Starts with You There are five changes you can personally make right now to develop a culture of improvement at your organization. But, if you are like many other healthcare leaders, culture change seems like a daunting task. John Toussaint, MD said, […]
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In this 60-minute webinar, John Toussaint, MD. and CEO of Catalysis, will describe his experience helping healthcare leaders focus on the five personal behavioral dimensions that lead to outstanding organizational results. Dr. Toussaint will present data as to why these behavioral dimensions are so important and then focus on specific examples of excellence from St. […]
Sustaining Lean Transformation Kim Barnas, president of Catalysis, recently created a new article on the core elements healthcare organizations must have in place to sustain a lean healthcare transformation. “Leading people through complex organizational change requires extraordinary diligence and constant attention,” writes Barnas. The first two core elements are: Lean methods and systems start at […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/newsletter-how-to-sustain-a-lean-transformation/
John Toussaint and Susan Ehrlich co-author NEJM Catalyst Article Dr. John Toussaint, founder and CEO of Catalysis, and Susan Ehrlich, M.D. and CEO at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (a Catalysis Healthcare Value Network member), collaborated to write, “Five Changes Great Leaders Make to Develop an Improvement Culture.” The article was recently published in NEJM […]
Optimizing leadership skills is more important than ever, given a fast-changing health care environment rife with competitive new services such as CVS MinuteClinics, virtual second-opinion specialty shops, and offshore 24-hour radiology reading services. To adapt, and survive, organizations must take advantage of every bit of institutional talent. But this can happen only if leaders first […]
2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Adds New Session Featuring Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic discovered the key to sustaining change and engaging leaders in a culture of improvement: Stop having leaders solve all the problems. Lean transformation leaders from Cleveland Clinic will share their experience at the 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Here is a brief […]
What a Bipartisan Approach to U.S. Health Care Could Look Like The proposed American Healthcare Act failed to get adequate support in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a new article published in Harvard Business Review, Catalysis CEO John Toussaint, explains some of the steps elected officials could take to improve healthcare for Americans. Now […]
Catalysis In The News Sharing Lean Ideas to Improve Healthcare Quality In a new article published this week in Modern Healthcare, Debbie Goodwin from Salem Health, a Catalysis Healthcare Value Network (CHVN) member, and CHVN director, Paul Pejsa, outline the benefits of lean methodologies. As a CHVN network member, Goodwin also shares the importance […]
