Tag: Toussaint

Lean Healthcare at Denver Health is Front-Page News

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It's nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post -- "Denver...

A First-Person Lean Leadership Story from John Toussaint, MD

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I've had the pleasure to work with Dr. John Toussaint, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, over the past year.  John's...

Two Extreme Sides to Every Story in Politics *and* Lean??

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This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at least...

1st Day of Lean Healthcare Summit & “On The Mend” Available...

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We had an amazing first day at the Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit here in Orlando. We have 260 Lean healthcare leaders, including about 30...

Update on WIHI, “On the Mend” and the LEI Healthcare Summit

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I wanted to post a few updates about some efforts related to the Lean Enterprise Institute: WIHI audio session on lean healthcare today 4 PM...

Learning and Sharing Lean Healthcare in Winnipeg

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The Winnipeg Free Press has an article about their local St. Boniface Hospital, a member of the LEI/ThedaCare network I'm involved with called the...

Read this Book – But Don’t Copy ThedaCare

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Due out in June is a book that I think will be an important one for the Lean Healthcare movement. That book is about...

“Lean ROI” Interview with Virginia Mason CEO, Gary Kaplan, M.D.

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Those who follow Lean healthcare know that Virginia Mason Medical Center, in Seattle, is one of the world's leaders in improving care through Lean...

Is Medical Education a Systemic Root Cause of Poor Quality?

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I will try to be careful with this topic, since I'm obviously not a doctor. Criticism of doctors gets thrown around pretty easily around...

Akio Toyoda’s Testimony to Congress

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I only watched a few minutes of Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda's live testimony (thanks to online cable news streaming), but the first things I...

My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean

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I've written about many of these ideas and themes before in various blog posts, but I wanted to consolidate my thoughts on the Lean...

John Toussaint Blog Posts & Interview

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Today, I'm sharing a few links featuring the thoughts of John Toussaint, M.D., the CEO Emeritus of the ThedaCare health system in Wisconsin and...