Originally posted at Lean.org by Helen Zak December 7, 2017 “A bad system will beat a good person every time.” These sage words from W. Edwards Deming, sum up what many healthcare leaders face on a daily basis: bad systems working directly against the ability to deliver quality outcomes for patients. For decades, industry has […]
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Leverage the experiences of physicians and hospital executives to create your own plan. Get Involved EDUCATION EVENTS STORE NETWORKS RESOURCES Greetings! In a lean environment, doctors and nurses must allow mistakes to be visible in order to perform root-cause analysis and fix the process. But showing these mistakes hits most medical providers in a vulnerable […]
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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 […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/newsletter-cleveland-clinic-to-present-learning-session-at-2017-summit/
Lean Healthcare in Tanzania: Meeting demand for high quality, affordable eye care Summary In a country of 47.5 million people, it is estimated that 3.5 million Tanzanians live with a disability. There are lasting, severe consequences to delayed treatment of physical impairments, including malnutrition for people with cleft lip/palate, painful mobility for […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/lean-healthcare-in-tanzania/
As an innovator in the methodologies and systems designed to create healthcare value, Catalysis remains on the forefront of healthcare system transformation. We create experiential learning through classroom and health system site visits. We offer peer-to-peer networks for healthcare leaders who share best practices. We share new thinking and processes that accelerate change. And we […]
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Transformation Journeys are the latest addition to the Center portfolio of products/services to help transform the healthcare industry. Transformation Journeys are partnerships with a select number of healthcare delivery organizations across North America. The Center brings together the best thought leaders, consultants, faculty and coaches, using the transformation house (as described in our book, Management […]
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Jim Marks, the Chief of Staff and Chief of Anesthesia at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), in this open letter to his colleagues, details the importance of teaching the principles and thinking behind lean management, the work ahead of his organization, and what they’ve accomplished so far. The shift in thinking required to switch to […]
https://createvalue.org/blog/a-letter-to-physician-leaders/
Four years of nation-wide testing by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has now proven that the current shared savings payment models do not work effectively for low-cost Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). High-cost ACOs have more room to improve and therefore more opportunity for savings. In this Health Affairs blog, David Krueger, M.D., […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/creating-the-next-generation-the-payment-model-we-need-from-medicare/
What’s Wrong with Accountable Care, and How to Make it Right A Webinar with John Toussaint, MD and David Krueger, MD Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, 10:00-11:00 AM Central Time Four years of nation-wide testing by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has now proved that the current payment models will not […]
https://createvalue.org/webinar-accountable-care/
Scripps Health, San Francisco General and Providence Little Company of Mary Join Network Appleton, Wisconsin (Aug. 6, 2015) — The Healthcare Value Network (HVN) welcomes three new members to its peer-to-peer learning community: Scripps Health, San Francisco General Hospital, and Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance. All three are California-based providers. The […]
https://createvalue.org/articles_and_news/healthcare-value-network-welcomes-new-members/
