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Hello!
Greetings from the Healthcare Value Leaders Network.
In the past month, members from our first Network met at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis for a "gemba visit" to learn about their lean improvements - including the use of lean principles to design an innovative cancer care center. Click here to view a YouTube video about this center where "care comes to you."
 Thanks for following our progress via the web, Twitter, and this newsletter. You can also follow us and share our content on Facebook to help spread the word about lean and healthcare improvement on that platform.
Thanks,The Healthcare Value Leaders Team
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"ON THE MEND" WEBINAR
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Free webinar with the authors
Join us on Monday, September 13 at 2 pm EDT - as the co-authors John Toussaint, M.D. and Roger Gerard, Ph.D. will both present lessons from their book, On the Mend in a free webinar presented by the Lean Enterprise Institute.
To complete your free registration, click here: http://www.lean.org/events/sep_13_webinar.cfm
With the details of sweeping healthcare reform looming, you and
other healthcare leaders are coming under increasing pressure to improve
the quality of care, reduce costs, and do it in a way that absolutely
values the professionals doing the work of patient care. The ThedaCare organization has focused for over eight years on doing exactly that. It has enthusiastically embraced lean methodologies and practices to establish a very high-performing culture of care and business results. John and Roger will candidly discuss ThedaCare's continuing lean
transformation, including the barriers that were encountered, the
mistakes made along the way, and the success that is occurring as the
cultural changes take hold in the work itself. Specifically, you will learn:
Why it is important to treat a lean transformation as a cultural change process first and foremost, and as a set of tools and methods as a secondary urgency. How to engage professionals in all aspects of the healthcare
continuum, including physicians, in removing waste from processes. What leadership behaviors and competencies you need for success. How ThedaCare used a change model to foster understanding and progress in the face of resistance. What steps to take to start your own lean journey and sustain it.
Again,the registration link is here: http://www.lean.org/events/sep_13_webinar.cfm |
HCVLN IN THE NEWS - AND OTHER RESOURCES
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The Latest in Lean Healthcare
Here are some links to HCVLN leaders talking about the Network and lean in healthcare:
Dr. Zeev Neuwirth, of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Atrius Health (a member of the Network), was featured in James Champy's new book Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery.
We have also shared some recent articles on our website, including:
For additional articles, research, videos, and more from the rest of the lean healthcare world, visit our resources page and menu.
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FROM JOHN TOUSSAINT'S BLOG
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 Recent Posts
Here are some recent posts written by John Toussaint, MD: Visit John's main blog page for his latest posts.
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IHI: Impacting IHI Cost + Quality
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 New Program Coming Soon
Impacting Cost + Quality is the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's new initiative to help hospitals identify and remove waste,
cut operating expenses by 1% or more, and raise safety, effectiveness,
and efficiency. From the Network, John Toussaint, MD, Helen Zak, and Mark Graban will be part of the faculty for this program. Learn more |
| INTERESTED IN JOINING A NETWORK? | | Starting two new cohorts in 2011
Are you a healthcare delivery organization that has demonstrated results from lean? Do you have executive-level support and leadership for your efforts? Are you willing to share your lessons learned, collaborating with others to define, measure, and share lean healthcare success?
We mentioned in our last newsletter that we are planning to start our third Network in early 2011. The September info session in Cambridge is currently full, but we'd still like to talk to you if you're interested in the Network.
Our next info session will be in March to talk about a potential fourth Network that would start in late 2011.
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CEO SITE VISITS TO THEDACARE
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 Open Registration Available
The Thedacare Center for Healthcare Value has developed a highly popular two-day visit for CEOs and their senior executive teams. This visit is available twice a month on Thursdays and Fridays - 2011 dates will be published soon.
The program offers two days of discussion, feedback and Q&A about leading a cultural transformation using the lean methodology. Executives experience firsthand the proven processes used at ThedaCare and discover effective strategies to engage physicians and employees.
For more information call Kim Zwiers at 920-831-1960 or visit www.createhealthcarevalue.com and view the video.
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WORKSHOPS FROM LEAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
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 Healthcare workshops in October
LEI is offering some healthcare-specific workshops at their office in Cambridge MA:
You can also see the entire workshop calendar for lean leadership and problem solving workshops that are very relevant to healthcare attendees. |
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
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You can keep track of our Network activities and publications via Twitter and Facebook:
 Facebook page for the Network.
 Healthcare Value Leaders Network (@HCVLN)
Facebook page for the book On the Mend
Twitter feed for On the Mend
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Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
Mark Graban
Director of Communication & Technology
Healthcare Value Leaders Network |
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