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Communication Breakdown
It's no surprise that time and motion studies in hospitals have provided evidence that clinical care providers spend significant amounts of time...
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Ever look up when you hear a car alarm? I don't either.
Better car alarms don't reduce auto theft... but LoJack does.Regarding BP's Deepwater Horizon rig and events preceding the disaster:"Mike Williams, the rig's...
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A recipe for Healthcare Leaders: Process, Content, Culture... Culture... Culture...
Increasingly, I am observing a deeper significance of the cultural component of this formula; process, content, culture. To use a baseball analogy,...
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Of PSOs and iPods
iPods revolutionized music. PSOs should revolutionize patient safety. The emergence of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) promises to materially change the patient safety...
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Do you have the right stuff?
What's the difference between those changes in organizations that get results and those that don't? Research shows us that only about one-third...
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A recipe for Healthcare Leaders: Process, Content, Culture
Seminal changes driven by healthcare reform have inspired a new wave of hospitals and health systems to embrace transformational change within their...
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I spy with my Lean eye (Part V)
This is my fifth and final installment of "I spy". Thank you for following along as I have documented some of my...
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The value of knowing
I am often asked, "What is the value of using simulation?". To me, there are many! However, one that is often overlooked...
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Videos
A crusader against waste
Simon Walls, Managing Principal for GE Healthcare Asset Management Solutions, discusses waste in healthcare and why its easier... Watch Video
Optimizing Mobile Assets for Improved Utilization
Doug Long - Senior Manager, Asset Management Solutions, GE HealthcareAsset management solution expert Doug Long discusses measuring true... Watch Video
Chapter 4: Healthymagination: GE’s Commitment to Improving Healthcare
In a keynote address delivered on May 6, 2010, Mark Vachon, CEO of GE Healthcare Americas, characterized his... Watch Video
Capacity Management through Workflow Automation
Andy Day discusses how AgileTrac can help enable hospitals to predict hospital-wide operational needs based on real-time decision... Watch Video
Mount Sinai responds to Health Reform with Optimized Capacity
Excerpts from a FoxBusiness interview with Wayne Keathley, president of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan on how... Watch Video
Capacity through Design
Andy Day discusses how hospital design can help healthcare systems provide more care at a lower cost.... Watch Video
Chapter 2: Where Should Healthcare Organizations Place Their Bets?
In a keynote address delivered on May 6, 2010, Mark Vachon, CEO of GE Healthcare Americas, looked at... Watch Video
Chapter 3: Healthcare Reform: Scenario Planning for Sustainability
In a keynote address delivered on May 6, 2010, Mark Vachon, CEO of GE Healthcare Americas, characterized healthcare... Watch Video
Chapter 1: Healthcare Systems Checklist for Development and Growth
In a keynote address delivered on May 6, 2010, Mark Vachon, CEO of GE Healthcare Americas, outlined observations... Watch Video
Modeling Efficiency through Simulation
Andy Day discusses how observational research and simulation can help predict efficiencies and outcomes in hospitals.... Watch Video
Self Assessment Tools
Change Management Assessment
Do you have a high-performing change culture? The differences between changes that are deemed successful and those that... Assess Yourself
Perioperative Assessment Tool
This calculator demonstrates your institution's potential for bottom line gains based on more efficient Operating Room scheduling, improved... Assess Yourself
Asset Optimization Opportunity Assessment
Your hospital could be wasting money. In fact, most healthcare organizations are wasting money because they are over... Assess Yourself
What the Health?
Episode 2: Block That Schedule
Funny videos. Serious answers. These videos, produced in collaboration with The Second City© comedy troupe, take a... Watch Video
Episode 3: Go With The Flow
Funny videos. Serious answers. These videos, produced in collaboration with The Second City© comedy troupe, take a... Watch Video
Episode 1: Sign Of The Times
Funny videos. Serious answers. These videos, produced in collaboration with The Second City© comedy troupe, take a... Watch Video
STRATEGIES, WHITE PAPERS AND BEST PRACTICES
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Leadership & Strategy
Transforming Management and Leadership Systems in Pursuit of Performance Excellence
Systematically applying management and leadership systems so they support and enhance each other can increase service line volume, operational margins, and employee engagement. Strong growth...
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Cost
Improving the success of HIT projects at Providence Health & Services
When adding HIT systems, most organizations focus 80% of their time and resources on the equipment but give far less attention to motivating employees to...
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Quality & Safety
Bringing Hospitals Together to Offer Faster Stroke Care
The Saturday Evening Post recently profiled the latest advances in stroke identification and treatment. Author Wendy Braun discusses the importance of quickly recognizing stroke symptoms,...