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Hello!
Greetings from the Healthcare Value Leaders Network.
We have a lot of news to share since our last email update in November. We are welcoming 12 new organizations into a newly-formed Network group, we have launched a new public podcast series, and we are preparing to open registration for our 2nd Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Seattle, June 8 and 9.
This newsletter edition gives you details on those and other new developments and content from the Network. Thanks for subscribing! You can reply to this email if you have any questions about the Network.
The Healthcare Value Leaders Team
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THIRD NETWORK LAUNCHED, 36 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS NOW SHARING AND COLLABORATING
| | 12 New Members from Across North America
We are pleased to announce the formation of our third Network group. The member organizations are:
- Bronson Healthcare Group - Kalamazoo, MI
- Exeter Health Resources - Exeter, NH
- Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital - West Bloomfield, MI
- Inova Health System - Falls Church, VA
- INTEGRIS Health - Oklahoma City, OK
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital - Palo Alto, CA
- Martin Memorial Health Systems - Palm City, FL
- Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa
- Parkview Health System - Fort Wayne, IN
- St. Joseph Regional Health Center - Bryan, TX
- Sutter Gould Medical Foundation - Stockton, CA
- Winona Health - Winona, MN
These organizations and their leaders have committed to sharing their lean experiences and lessons learned within this group and also with the broader Network. Each of our groups conducts their own "gemba visits" for learning and in-person networking throughout the year. But our combined membership participates together in our private collaboration website, internal webinars, and other committee work, such as the development of our assessment methodology.
You can view a list of the members of all three groups, along with interactive maps on our Current Members page.
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| INTERESTED IN JOINING A NETWORK? | | Starting another Network in late 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?
Our next info session will be in March (outside of Chicago - Skokie) to talk about a potential fourth Network that would start in late 2011.
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| 2ND LEAN HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION SUMMIT | | Location Announced - Seattle, WA
Our 2nd annual Summit will be held in downtown Seattle, at the Westin, June 8 and 9, 2011.
To receive the latest information, click here. Registration will start in early February, when we announce the full agenda of speakers and learning session topics.
Click here for information about the 2010 Summit.
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NETWORK IN THE NEWS - AND OTHER RESOURCES
| | The Latest in Lean Healthcare
Here are some recent articles featuring our Network members:
For additional articles, research, videos, and more from the rest of the lean healthcare world, visit our resources page and menu on our website.
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NEW PODCAST SERIES
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 The Healthcare Value Leaders Network has launched a new Podcast series, featuring discussions with leaders from our member organizations.
Guests for our episodes are: - Dr. Michel Tétrault, President & CEO of St. Boniface General Hospital, Lean from the CEO perspective
- Jean DeKeyser, ThedaCare on Operating Room Start Time Improvements
- Dr. Jack Billi, University of Michigan Health System, lean and physicians (coming soon)
You can find all episodes and play them via a streaming web player at www.healthcarevalueleaders.org/podcast.
To automatically receive new episodes, you can subscribe via the Apple iTunes Store or use the RSS feed.
What topics would you like to hear about in future podcasts? Send requests and ideas to Mark Graban, the host of the series.
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| FROM JOHN TOUSSAINT'S BLOG |
|  Here are some recent posts written by John Toussaint, MD:
01-11-2011 01:00:00 AM
The Institute of Medicine sponsored a meeting of national leaders on june 7th in Washington. The distinguished audience heard from Peter Lee the HHS Health Reform Director and Rick Gilfillan the Center
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01-10-2011 01:00:00 AM
Last week the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality(WCHQ) initiated a consumer web site.This website utilizes WCHQ data on Wisconsin doctors to help guide patients.Using an easy to understand
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01-09-2011 01:00:00 AM
For the most part business has taken a back seat in the health reform debate. Now they are making decisions that may have more impact on what really happens with healthcare reform
Read Full Post01-03-2011 01:00:00 AM Thedacare has reviewed the payments to the Collaborative Care Unit from Medicare.The bottom line is higher quality and lower cost care leads to lower reimbursement from Medicare. Read Full Post
12-22-2010 01:00:00 AM
David Cutler an economist at Harvard describes interesting issues in this article regarding creating hospital led vs. physician led ACOs
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Visit John's main blog page for his latest posts.
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| NEW DIGITAL VERSIONS OF "ON THE MEND" | |  Available Now!
Want to read "On the Mend," but don't want to carry around a paperback book?
We now offer multiple e-Book options!
On Amazon find On the Mend in the US Kindle Store or in the UK Kindle Store. Don't have a Kindle? You can download free Kindle reading software for your computer, iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android phone, or Windows 7 phone.
On the Mend is in the Apple iBooks application, allowing you to purchase and read the book directly on your iPad or iPhone.
On the Mend is available in the e-book section of Barnes & Noble. Don't have a NOOK? You can download free apps to read e-books your PC, iPad, iPhone, or Android
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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)
 Our YouTube Channel (HCVLN)
 John Toussaint's blog
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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