Tag: Cost

Live Blogging Day 1: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit 2014

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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...

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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”

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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”

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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,...

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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

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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...

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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

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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?”

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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

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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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Listen 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

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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...