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Publication: Thedacare Center for Healthcare Value

Still CEO site visit dates available for 2010

June 2010

It's possible to bring the whole senior executive team to the two day site visit sponsered by the Center.We've changed the format slightly and now encourage CEO's to bring their entire team.See link below.


Publication: Lean Enterprise Institute

THE Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit June 9th and 10th

May 2010

The Lean Enterprise Institute the Thedacare Center for Healthcare Value and the Healthcare Value Leaders Network are joining together to feature the best healthcare lean practioners in the world. Hear it from the doctors,nurses, and administrators that are really doing it.Click below to sign up.


Publication: Lean Enterprise Institute Press

"On the Mend" a book by John Toussaint M.D. and Roger Gerard PHD will be released soon

April 2010

Go to the following site to read what Paul O'Neill,Steven Spear, and Arnie Milstein are saying about this book.It's the story of Thedacare's journey of a whole system transformation using lean.


Publication: HBR

HBR publishes healthcare article by Dr. Jain and Dr.Toussaint

March 2010

This article is focused on using the appropriate terminology with physicians when implementing lean processes in healthcare. It was published on the HBR blog site.


Publication: LeanROI

AME publishes a series on Lean ROI

February 2010

AME is featuring a series of articles based on interviews with executives experienced using the lean methodology. John S. Toussaint M.D. is featured in the following series.Scroll down to recent posts to read the interview.