About the Center for Healthcare Value

Created in 2008 by ThedaCare president/CEO emeritus John Toussaint, MD, the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value is working to close the gap between value creation and marketplace reward. We hope to create a healthcare marketplace that rewards providers for delivering value measured in terms of highest quality at the lowest cost. We are targeting these issues by publishing the framework by which organizations transform themselves using healthcare LEAN. Our experience tells us that our goal needs to be to make every person in a health care organization a daily problem solver. The Center will teach transformation leadership using the lessons and first hand experience gained from our and others quality journey.

The Center will teach transformation leadership using the lessons and firsthand experience gained from our own quality journey. We will share our collective insight on the best ways to unite employers, providers and payers to develop new models of care and payment that result in greater efficiency and expertise for healthcare providers and greater value for purchasers and patients.

For providers, this means developing and spreading processes to eliminate errors and other forms of waste.

For purchasers, including direct consumers, businesses, and local, state and federal governments, it means gaining the ability to transparently measure and judge the value of care. It means designing incentives that encourage providers to radically redesign care to improve outcomes.

By serving as a worldwide connecting point for those on the continuous improvement journey, the Center is a conduit to spread the healthcare industry's best ideas for creating patient value and accelerating improvement.

To learn more about the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, view our white paper.

The Center will be an important catalyst for the creation of an environment that encourages and supports the best health care providers to deliver value to their customers…