CENTERLINE
                                                            July 2012
In This Issue
Center News Briefs
Feature: Lean HC Summit Recap
Events & Education
Latest from John's Blog 
Payment Experiment Forum

Building the Case for Change

 

Lessons from WI's Partnership for Healthcare Payment Reform

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Greetings!

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Centerline newsletter. Each month, we'll highlight the latest insights about value-based healthcare, lean transformation and the industry's shift toward continuous improvement.

 

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News Briefs
 
Introducing the Payment Experiment Forum

In case you haven't heard, we're giving you a new way to stay up-to-date on payment initiatives across the country. Stop by and leave your comments and questions for the experts.

 

Supreme Court Ruling

After much anticipation, the Supreme Court upheld PPACA. What does it mean for lean leaders? Check out our opinion and response here.

 

PHPR Summit

Congrats to the Partnership for Healthcare Payment Reform (PHPR) on a successful summit last month. More than 150 people attended to learn about the results of PHPR experiments so far.

Recap: Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit

Last month, 500 healthcare leaders gathered in Minneapolis for the Third Annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit.

 

Highlights of the two-day conference included:

 

Keynote presentations

John Toussaint, MD, CEO emeritus of ThedaCare and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, discussed healthcare's unsustainable path and outlined necessary changes in care delivery, transparency and payment.

  

Harold D. Miller, executive director of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, president and CEO of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, and adjunct professor of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, urged healthcare leaders to aim for continued small win-win scenarios and suggested that multi-stakeholder Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives will play a key role in getting to this future state.

  

John Shook, CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institute and recognized as a true lean sensei, talked about one-piece flow, lean problem-solving and the need for management that balances the social and technical sides of work. 

  

Read Q&A with John Toussaint, MD, and Harold Miller.

 

Plenary speakers Jim FitzPatrick,former president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa, and Alice Lee, vice president of Business Transformation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, spoke about results in their own organizations, with a focus on involving frontline staff.

 

CEO panel

Day two of the summit also featured a CEO panel of leaders from four health systems across the United States and Canada:

  • Paul DeChant, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation
  • Rachelle Schultz, Winona Health
  • Michel Tétreault, St. Boniface General Hospital
  • Joan R. Magruder, Missouri Baptist Medical Center

Read Q&A with the CEO Panel.

  

Get a glimpse inside this year's summit.

Upcoming Events & Education

 

Lean Management Workshop

Spend a day with a ThedaCare senior executive, learning how to move your organization beyond value streams, events and projects, toward sustained lean transformation with ThedaCare's Business Performance System.

 

For details and registration, click here.

 

   

 

Value Capture Session: Accelerate the Journey to Enduring Excellence

Develop, test and hone the leadership framework necessary to inspire staff to create world-class safety, quality and financial results. Work with Paul O'Neill, John Toussaint, MD, Rick Shannon, and others in an intensive small-group seminar that runs three successive sessions over a 6-month period.

RSVP by August 1, 2012

For details and registration, click here.
  
 

Tour Network member Christie Clinic for an executive level site visit with CEO Alan Gleghorn. See firsthand the tools, artifacts and forums used to drive improvement and transform a culture into a community of problem solvers.

 

For details and registration, click here.

The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value brings together the most thoughtful leaders in business and healthcare to drive value-based healthcare. Working collaboratively with providers and purchasers, the Center identifies the best examples of revolutionary thinking in healthcare delivery, payment and transparency. The end result is greater value for patients and purchasers. 

www.createvalue.org