Here's a nice interview with Kathryn Correia, CEO of HealthEast in Minnesota, a former ThedaCare executive: “Lean approach at HealthEast.”
From the piece:
Correia is a firm believer in “Lean Business,” a management framework popularized in the 1997 book by James Womack and Daniel Jones. The goal of the “lean” approach is to help companies create value and eliminate waste. It's a process Correia is bringing full bore to HealthEast.
2018 Update: What's Going on at ThedaCare?
Other articles I'm reading:
- 10 shocking medical mistakes (CNN)
- New surgery and outpatient centre planned for southern Sask.
- Supreme Court's Ruling On Health Care Law Looms (NPR)
- Behind One Hospital's Fight Against Deadly Infection (WSJ)
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[…] This experience leading a Lean transformation can come from the manufacturing world or other service sectors… or, increasingly, it comes from within as executives move between healthcare organizations – such as Kathryn Correia leaving ThedaCare to be the CEO at a health system in Minnesota. […]