Tag: Physician
Scheduling Time for Breaks, Lunch, and Kaizen
Call me old fashioned, but I figure any employee who works a full day deserves proper breaks, including a lunch break. This is true...
Gaming the System: Graduation Rates & Pneumonia Rates
Regular readers of the blog will know that one of my favorite topics is "Gaming the Numbers" (or "Gaming the System").
As Brian Joiner so...
A Book, a Webinar, a Workshop & a Summit from the...
I am an unabashed fan of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, as you're probably aware. For full disclosure, I was previously an employee...
Interviewing Dr. Guarisco on Improving E.D. Patient Flow
You might recall that I interviewed Dr. Joe Guarisco for episode #160 of my podcast series, talking about operations improvement and emergency department patient...
ThedaCare Also Reinvents Primary Care – Patients & Doctors Win
ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin, is well known for their Lean improvement system and Lean management system ("business performance system") in their hospitals,...
