Revolutionize Healthcare Delivery & Purchasing

The Center's mission is to create a healthcare marketplace that rewards providers for delivering value.

John Toussaint, MD

John Toussaint, MD

John S. Toussaint, MD, is CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. Dr. Toussaint served as president and chief executive officer of ThedaCare, Inc. from March 2000 until April 2008.


Articles by John Toussaint

Collaborative Care CMS Reimbursement Update

November 2011

American Journal of Managed Care

June 2011

RSSNews Publications

Publication: The Joint Comission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

ThedaCare's Business Performance System: Sustaining Continuous Daily Improvement Through Hospital Management in a Lean Environment

December 2011

ThedaCare, a community health system in Wisconsin, achieved significant improvements in quality and the elimination of waste through the development of an improvement system, which included Value Stream analysis, rapid improvement events, and projects applied to specific processes.


Publication: New Book Published by Johnson and Johnson

Bridging the Value Gap by Chuck Reynolds and Jack Nightingale

December 2011

This new book documents how lean healthcare providers ThedaCare,Virginia Mason & others worked with local employers to create better value for employees. It documents the nature of a lean customer supplier relationship. See link below for more info or to order.


Lifeline Book The Lifeline - Coming Soon in 2012

Be the first to know about the release of our second book, The Lifeline: A Collaborative Cure for Healthcare.
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