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Archive for February, 2009

Policy statement coming Monday March 2nd

The center plans to publish a set of policy recommendations on March 2nd that focus on health care policy reform.Since no details have been released on the Obama plan it is important health care leaders start a dialogue to acheive the best plan.

Lean Healthcare Leadership Podcast - Part 2

This is Part 2 of the podcast posted on this site on 12/12/08, where Mark Graban author of "Lean Hospitals" interviewed John Toussaint regarding the public policy issues important to healthcare reform. These include radical incentive redesign and radical care redesign.

New Payment Reform Recommendations

Harold Miller and the NRHI have published these reform details specifically aimed at the medical home.

HHS Secretary

HHS Secretary

Is Sen. Daschle's withdrawal as the nominee for HHS secretary a good thing or a bad thing?

ASQ Publishes Article on ThedaCare Improvement Journey

We need to change the culture of health care organizations if we ever hope to improve cost and quality. In this month's ASQ "Quality in Health Care" Journal I describe the journey of continuous improvement at ThedaCare.