Tag: Cost
Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014
Today is the first day of the 5th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #HCSummit14 to see my tweets and thoughts from others....
What I’m Reading 12/30/13: GM’s CEO, Human Error, Costing, and Really...
To close out the year 2013, I once again need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...
And Here’s Why I’m Cynical about “Lean Government”
One of the big arguments given for "Lean Government" efforts are the cost savings that are generated by various Lean projects at local, state,...
ThedaCare Featured by TIME as a “Real Face of Healthcare Reform”
It was great to see this TIME story (which I think is only available online), by Rick Wartzman of the Drucker Institute: "The Real...
Stuff I’m Reading – June 14, 2013: Sleepy Banker, Concerned Workers,...
It's again time to close some browser tabs and clear out the backlog of articles I've wanted to share but maybe don't merit an...
Notes and References from my #LKNA13 Talk on Lean Healthcare
I had a chance to attend the Lean Kanban North America conference this week. It was a different "tribe" to be a part of,...
What is Your Health System Doing to Reduce Costs? Process Improvement...
While Lean is not primarily a cost-cutting methodology (or, we could say it's not focused ONLY on costs), cost reduction is a common end...
Waste in Healthcare – Flushing Money Down the Toilet
As a reminder, I am giving a free Gemba Academy webinar tomorrow (Tuesday 3/12) on "Stories about the Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare."...
The IOM Asks “What’s Possible in Healthcare?”
Last year, the Institute of Medicine released its latest report titled, "Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in...
Dr. Gary Kaplan’s Piece on Lean for the Institute of Medicine
Here is a commentary that was written by Gary S. Kaplan, MD, the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center:
"The Lean Approach to Health...
Podcast #159 – John Toussaint, MD, on the Institute of Medicine...
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A returning guest for episode #159 is John Toussaint, MD, the CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value and the author of the...
Quoted in: 7 Ways Lean Healthcare Management Reduces Cost
Thanks to Healthcare Finance News for interviewing me for this piece they ran this week: "7 ways lean healthcare management reduces cost."
As I think...
