The following article by the Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda outlines the renewed focus Toyota has on quality. It’s called “Back to Basics for Toyota” and was published in the Wall Street Journal opinion section today. Toyota is testifying in front of congress today for quality missteps that have rarely happened before. The quality of their product […]
The 3rd entry in this series on organizational transformation using lean comes again,under the rubric of Process:Transparency is one of the keys to improvement but there are critical core characteristics of implementation that can make or break success. Admitting mistakes is not easy. Look at the problems Toyota is dealing with because of their […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/organization-transformation-blog-3-processtransparency/
This is the first in a series of blogs I am writing over the next few weeks that will help define the high level framework for a whole system transformation using the lean methodology. I am not going to focus on the specific tools required to achieve each of the framework components because there are many […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/organizational-transformation-blog-1-purpose/
The following article clearly expresses what we have been espousing for months: without focus on care delivery reform costs will go up,regulation will increase, and innovation at the level of care provision will be stymied. Dr. Flier explains what is really happening in Massachusetts which is that costs are rapidly rising to the point that the […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/dean-of-harvard-medical-school-gets-it-right/
It’s been a while since I have written on this blog because we have been waiting for the democrats to sort out their differences. The passage of the Senate finance health bill is the first step in convergence on what we can expect to see from health legislation. What do we need to prepare for? […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/what-do-providers-need-to-start-preparing-for/
Please read the Baucus Bill – Health Care Reform Mark Document FINAL There are so many new federal agencies it’s hard to remember them from day. The CMS innovation center is one of the new agencies. Whether CMS and innovation constitute an oxymoron is debatable but how can innovation ever be managed in a central agency at the […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/baucus-bill-expands-federal-bureaucracy/
This article will be appearing in a number of newspapers and finance journals in the ensuing days authored by Dan Ariens, CEO of Ariens Co. and John Toussaint M.D. To read the article, click here – WSJopeddraft4
https://createvalue.org/blog/the-flaw-of-the-present-reform-debate/
200,000 Preventable Deaths: It’s Time for Fundamental Change The Hearst Corporation news reports that an estimated 200,000 people will die from preventable medical mistakes this year is a sad and telling statement on the abundant waste and the thousands of errors in the current health care system. It’s time for everyone in healthcare and for […]
It’s hard to understand what is going on in Washington with a new report coming out daily regarding who is willing to compromise what. We need to stay really focused now on the facts and what is most important in health reform legislation. Fact #1: We spend close to 2.5 trillion dollars on health care in […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/dont-let-politics-obscure-important-health-care-reform/
Q. How Does Government Pay for Healthcare Reform? A: Increased taxes and cuts in provider reimbursement On Saturday morning, President Obama released information (below) outlining his plans to finance health reform coverage via new Medicare and Medicaid cuts over the next 10 years. This “savings” amounts to $313 billion on top of earlier FY2010 budget […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/how-does-government-pay-for-healthcare-reform/
