In part 2 of this article appearing in the Journal of Healthcare Management, John Toussaint, MD, describes a system where every employee’s job is to find and fix problems using the scientific method. The system consists of varying degrees of standard work for all—from technicians to senior executives—and management practices that are as reliable and […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/the-framework-for-a-whole-system-transformation/
This article by John Toussaint, David Krueger, Stephen M. Shortell, Arnold Milstein, and David M. Cutler, is available at http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1RhPA7tCW1aw~q Abstract The independent Office of the Actuary for CMS certified that the Pioneer ACO model has met the stringent criteria for expansion to a larger population. Significant savings have accrued and quality targets have been met, so the […]
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Blog Post #1 of 4 in a Series by Kim Barnas One of the first components needed in a management system is a way to look at your day. We call that our status sheet. It’s a daily check-in. It could be a huddle, it could be a conversation, whatever it is that you are […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/daily-management-making-it-visible/
This will be my last blog post as an employee of the ThedaCare Center For Healthcare Value. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to work with some terrific people who are trying to make a difference. I’ll be moving on to other work where I’ll be contributing to the “gang tackle” of healthcare […]
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Appleton, Wis. (June 9, 2015) — The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value is excited to release Management on the Mend: The Healthcare Executive Guide to System Transformation, by renowned healthcare leader and Center CEO John Toussaint, MD. The book is Dr. Toussaint’s third and is published by the Center, an education institute for healthcare leaders […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/new-book-management-on-the-mend-proposes-best-practices-for-lean-transformation-in-healthcare/
Today the House passed a permanent fix to the SGR Bill. It is believed by most that the Senate will follow suit in a few days. The significance of this act is dramatic. The SGR problem has been going on since the 1990s, when the bill was first passed. If it were going to go […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/sgr-fix-a-milestone-in-healthcare-reform/
Nothing like a serious illness to a love one that requires daily visits to a hospital to provide a front seat view of the current state of our healthcare system. My 85-year old mother was going through CRT (combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment) for cancer. At the cancer treatment center, Monday was “infusion day.” Infusion […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/observations-from-a-front-seat-at-a-healthcare-organization/
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Lean Principles and Peer-to-Peer Learning Improve Patient Value Throughout 2014, members of the Healthcare Value Network (HVN) released results of their healthcare improvement efforts. That commitment to transparency now continues into the first quarter of 2015 with the HVN’s latest batch of results on the power of lean principles to drive improvement in care […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/healthcare-value-network-members-share-new-quarterly-results-3/
The current way healthcare services are delivered in this country is, at its core, the opposite of lean. Those of us working in the industry need to do much more to become truly patient-centered, or lean, as stated in so many of our mission statements. To elaborate this point, I will focus on “flow and […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/dont-get-sick-on-the-weekend-why-lean-is-difficult-in-healthcare/
