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Archive for April, 2009

Michael Sachs CEO of SG2 describes future care delivery

Michael Sachs visited ThedaCare last week and shares his observations.

Date Posted
Apr. 28, 2009
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New Case Studies Posted to the Resource Library

Two new case studies have been added. One on the Toyota Journey and the other on the radical inpatient redesign process at ThedaCare called Collaborative Care.

Date Posted
Apr. 24, 2009
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James Womack and other Center board members visit ThedaCare

James Womack CEO of the Lean Enterprise Institute, Michael Sachs CEO of SG2,George Koenigsaecker, President of Lean Investments Ltd, John Torinus Chairman of Serigraph and Dan Ariens CEO of Ariens Co. were on site for Gemba and the Center's board meeting Friday, April 17.

Date Posted
Apr. 20, 2009
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A quick Summary of what is wrong with HealthCare

We have been asked to give the "cliff notes" version of what is wrong with healthcare however what people really want to know is how to fix it. We address both in the following.

Date Posted
Apr. 16, 2009
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Three components of payment reform that make sense

This is a recent summary of the payment reform components necessary to build a competitive model in healthcare delivery.The three components focus on primary care delivery,episode payments, and setting payment policy.

Date Posted
Apr. 13, 2009
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Why Quality is Dangerous

This is a commentary on a WSJ article published today which argues against the government paying and in some cases punishing physicians based on quality process measures.

Date Posted
Apr. 8, 2009
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Francois de Brantes visits Thedacare

Francois de Brantes is best known for the fact that he is the CEO of Bridges to Excellence. Bridges has established quality criteria for diabetes management which are used by employers around the country to pay providers for health outcomes. He also leads Prometheus an organization redefining paymen

Date Posted
Apr. 3, 2009
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