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 […]
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 […]
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It sounds like a simple idea to change from push to pull. In the months of December and January, many hospitals are in the middle of putting the finishing touches on their annual budget. Thousands of line items, each requiring thought, planning, and measurement are rolled up into a larger set of numbers. Hospital leaders […]
In 2008, as the U.S. economy tanked, Congress passed a $700 billion stimulus package to fund ‘shovel ready projects’ to put Americans back to work and America back on its feet. They specifically designated $30 billion to wire the American healthcare system. The Office of the National Coordinator was created to manage the digital transition […]
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Today (as I write this) is Veteran’s Day. I’m a veteran. My wife is a veteran. My dad was a veteran. My father-in-law is a veteran. Most of my uncles are, or were, veterans. Some of my best friends are veterans. There are some (including some in Congress) who feel that changing the bureaucracy is […]
President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthEast Care System Kathryn Correia’s work using Lean methodology has successfully transformed health delivery models, with a goal to deliver the best patient-centered and compassionate care. She is an expert in developing and transforming healthcare systems to create greater value for customers and communities. With more than ten years’ […]
When I mention healthcare payment reform these days, I get one of two, maybe three responses. One is someone’s eyes light up. They’re fired up – this is a passionate topic for some folks. They can’t wait to tell me what’s wrong with our system and what ought to be done. More of the time, […]
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My mother passed away recently. As her children reminisced about her life, we recognized that one of the biggest gifts she had given us was her practical wisdom. This wisdom came in the form of countless proverbs with which she would admonish or help us, some more well-known than others, such as, “don’t saddle the […]
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This year I attended the 5th Annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, and I was excited to hear James Hereford, COO at Stanford University Medical Center give his keynote presentation. He had a lot to share, and I had a lot to learn. First, Hereford explained that lean is nothing new. Henry Ford was following lean […]
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The Lean Post – The Lean Enterprise Institute, sharing how the world is making things better through lean. Lean Blog – Blog by Mark Graban, written about Lean in hospitals, business, and our world. The Health Care Blog – A blog about “everything you wanted to know about health care, but were afraid to […]
