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I have blogged on many occasions regarding the fact that Congress solved for the wrong problem enacting health reform. The problem is the exponential rate of cost increases of American Healthcare. This is the same problem plaguing other countries such as France Germany and the U.K. So it is not just an American but a universal problem which […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/health-affairs-article-claims-health-reform-widens-budget-deficit/
This article in the New York Times shows that politicians can make anyone,even Don Berwick into a villain. This article casts Don Berwick as an inhumane healthcare rationing freak.We all know this is just political wrangling having nothing to do with the truth.Despite all the letters we have written in support of Don Berwick […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/berwick-nomination-nonsense/
The following are my reflections of the lean healthcare transformation summit in Orlando which wrapped up yesterday. The audience was keen to learn lean healthcare. With 500 billion dollars in spending cuts now legislated by the federal government healthcare leaders are realizing that status quo isn’t possible. Presentations by Group Health of Puget Sound, ThedaCare, University of […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/reflections-on-the-lean-healthcare-transformation-summit-2010/
I think Steve has really nailed the core components of sustainability in lean. Lean transformation is really hard work and never ending. It is not for the faint at heart and it’s not just another healthcare project. Read what he has to say. “Many organizations have looked to Toyota for a model to emulate, in pursuit […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/steven-spear-on-sustaining-lean/
Today at the Institute of Medicine I listened to Douglas Elmendorf from the Congressional Budget Office(CBO) followed by Nancy-Ann Deparle the health reform director at the Whitehouse and came away thinking we really have a bigger problem than we think.To Mr Elmendorf’s credit, he admits there is so much uncertainty in most aspects of American […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/we-really-need-to-fix-healthcare-costs/
On May 26th a number of national leaders in healthcare will come together to discuss how to create the right incentives for health care change. Two Network members are invited,Group Health of Puget Sound and the ThedaCare Center. In addition 2 other lean healthcare organizations will attend. Lean healthcare is going to be well represented […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/institute-of-medicine-hosts-value-incentives-meeting/
Walt Rugland the chairman of both the ThedaCare board and the ThedaCare Center board, testified recently in a House hearing on transparency of prices in healthcare Transparency is one of the three fundamental reforms the Center has been espousing for many months.The other two are delivery system redesign to improve value to patients using lean and […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/more-on-transparency/
After gemba at many health systems in the last few months, there is one common theme that is recurring: Lean is considered as the add-on to improvement, not the improvement system itself. From academic medical centers to community hospitals I am finding that the lean method is being isolated as just another project to lower […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/too-many-improvement-systems/
Once I completed the transformational blog series I realized there is still much more to discuss.”Gemba” is an important place and it means “place where value is created”. I am going to discuss why going to the Gemba is so important. In our upcoming book “On the Mend”, we describe going to Gemba as […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/more-organizational-transformation-topicsgemba/
Now that we have a bill the next steps should be to identify the most important priorities for really changing the cost and quality of healthcare.See the link below and read a chapter in our new book “On the Mend”, then send it to your legislators! The 2,500 page plus bill is daunting in […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/healthcare-bill-is-passed-now-what/
