Tag: Physician

Gaming the System: Graduation Rates & Pneumonia Rates

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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...

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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

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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

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ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin, is well known for their Lean improvement system and Lean management system ("business performance system") in their hospitals,...