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                                                            January 2013
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Feature: Upcoming Events & Education
Center News Briefs
SAVE THE DATE!

The 4th Annual Lean Summit will be held on June 5-6 in Orlando, FL.

 

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Payment Experiment Forum

Implementing Bundled Payments in Wisconsin: Lessons from the Field 

 

BidRx: A Competitive Electronic Marketplace for Pharmacy    

 

Payment Pilot: Healthcare Quality Coalition 

 

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Greetings!

 

Thank you for your support throughout 2012! We look forward to working with you even more in 2013 as we continue to transform healthcare. If you find our January updates valuable and think a colleague would too, please feel free to share. 

Education & Events in 2013
Interested in learning more about lean? The Center offers a variety of educational programs and resources, including workshops and CEO site visits, to guide you through every step of your organization's lean transformation.

Fundamentals of Lean for Healthcare Leaders

If you're interested in learning the basic concepts of lean, this workshop is for you! During this one-day session, you will learn and practice key principles and methods of lean. 

   

Lean Management Program Creating a Lean Management System

Want to see what lean leadership looks like? Watch the video preview at right of our day-long program, where you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at ThedaCare's transformational leadership approach.

 

Leveraging Information Systems in Healthcare

Is your IT department overwhelmed with service requests? If your answer is yes, this workshop is for you! Attendees will learn about the core systems that drive continuous improvement in the IT environment through hands-on exercises, discussions, idea sharing and a walk-through of ThedaCare's IT department. 

 

Christie Clinic CEO Site Visit   

Interested in visiting an organization that has already gone through a lean transformation? Join us for a CEO site visit at Christie Clinic. You will learn about Christie Clinic's journey and the lessons it learned along the way, and have an opportunity to hear from Christie's CEO Alan Gleghorn.  

 

Not sure where to start? To learn more about the Center's educational offerings, click here, call us at (920) 659-7500 or e-mail Marta Karlov at mkarlov@createvalue.org. We'll help you find the programs that best fit your needs.

News Briefs

Free Clinical Business Intelligence Webinar

The Center is hosting a free webinar on Jan. 9, 2013 from 1-3 p.m. CST to introduce the Center's newest peer-to-peer learning network, the Clinical Business Intelligence Network (CBIN). Those responsible for the flow of clinical, operational and financial information within their organization are encouraged to attend. Registration is still open for the webinar, but if you are unable to join, you can access it on the Center's website later in January.  

 

Click here to register for the webinar.   

 

Consumer Reports for Wisconsin Healthcare

Jump to our blog entry about this announcement in the left-hand sidebar. The report is an important step toward achieving delivery reform, transparency and payment reform. It puts relevant, understandable healthcare data into the hands of consumers and also helps organizations see exactly where they can improve.

 

The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ), which provided data for the report, is one of our key partners, and ThedaCare and other WCHQ members are great examples of the benefits of focusing on patient value.

 

The Promise of Lean in Healthcare

Published in the latest Mayo Clinic Proceedings, The Promise of Lean in Healthcare, by Dr. John Toussaint and Dr. Leonard Berry, discusses what the application of lean principles has meant for the healthcare industry. The article highlights the positive results achieved by: Christie Clinic, Inova, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Martin Health System, Seattle Children's, St. Jude Medical Center and ThedaCare.

The ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value is transforming the healthcare industry to deliver higher value through experiments, collaboration and education that integrate three interdependent components: delivery, transparency and payment. In these areas, the Center spreads learning and accelerates improvement.

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