If Innovation Is the Answer, Do You Know What You Need To Know?
“Innovation” is frequently offered as the “way out of the woods” for American healthcare. And why not? As Americans we are reminded of the power of innovation to reshape our world many times a day as we tap on our cell phones to find our way through traffic to a place...
Leadership and Lean: Looking Forward
Twice a year I attend a small meeting of Simpler executives and other advisors to talk about what is happening in healthcare. As I have reported in previous notes, Simpler now functions with a great deal of continuing flexibility within Watson IBM Health, just as...
The Importance of Patient Engagement
I believe that we must become more effective practitioners of patient patient engagement if we are ever going to have any hope of achieving the Triple Aim. Dr. Ebert told us what would not work in that quest. He said that more money, more personnel, and more...
Creating Healthcare Success Using Lean and Redefining the Relationship Between Managers and Clinicians
As I look back over my experience both as a practitioner and as a medical leader, I am reminded of the joke that the life of an anesthesiologist is composed of long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of terror. Nothing describes a moment of terror for me more...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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