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Companies can reduce risk and allow organizational learning by breaking major process improvements into a series of small, reversible experiments. But when the change involves a new information technology, it’s harder to make incremental updates. This approach reduces risks and allows people to learn from each, and make adjustments as they go. But when the […]

The following is a guest post by John Gomez and was first published on HIS Talk as HIT Integration Analysis Guide. Over the past several months, one of the biggest questions I have gotten regarding the state of HIT is related to platform and technical integration. Specifically, the debate related to single platform vs. an […]

Imagine if leaders from several organizations in an industry put aside their competitive stripes to join forces and advance their industry through technology. Well, it’s happening in healthcare. Dubbed the Healthcare Industry Transformation Project (HITP), the group is a cohort of nearly two-dozen C-Level executives, innovators, and influential leaders from across the healthcare ecosystem that […]

The following is a preview of a soon to be released article on Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and business process. To receive a copy, contact me at: [email protected]. The move to electronic medical records (EMRs) is underway in the US. This critical component of health information systems is already yielding benefits for an inefficient system. […]

When we think of the word loyalty, it has a noble sound. Knights were loyal to their king and people are loyal to their countries and their football teams. We offer our loyalty because we believe it makes us part of something bigger than ourselves. The object of our loyalty, if doing things right, gives […]

The following was first published on The TIBCO Blog. It would be hard to find someone to argue against the idea that healthcare has enormous room for improvement. While other industries became process-focused, automated, analytical, mobile, social and event-enabled, healthcare focused its technology efforts on the latest diagnostic equipment, and on systems that facilitate billing […]

The following was first published on The TIBCO Blog. We can expect significant changes ahead in healthcare as a surge of digitized data becomes available to healthcare providers and insurance payers alike. The data sets will be large and diverse, requiring filtering, analysis, and a way to deliver information to the right place or person […]

I recently came across an article co-authored by someone I respect a great deal, Don Berwick, in which the authors address the current estimated annual US healthcare waste by category. I strongly recommend reading the article. What struck me the most was how many of the estimated waste categories can be significantly impacted by using […]

Over the weekend we watched Moneyball with Brad Pitt. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it. This movie is the ideal platform to explain Big Data and why it matters. It can a be a struggle to see through the hype of any new concept and understand what’s real. As is usually the […]

The following was first published on The TIBCO Blog. In a previous article, Healthcare: You can’t improve what you can’t measure, we took a look at the Toyota Production System in Healthcare. Going beyond Lean and TPS, new-to-healthcare technology brings significant disruption to the traditional healthcare technology market for one simple reason, laid out in […]

Processes are how work gets done. They are a series of activities that convert an input into an output for the customer or next stage of work. Healthcare is fundamentally a service industry with processes as its product. Because efficiency has never mattered in a fee-for-service world, healthcare is overripe with opportunities to innovate. Innovation […]

Hearing Virginia Mason Health System’s CEO, Dr. Gary Kaplan, speak today at the WCBF Lean Six Sigma Healthcare Summit makes it quickly clear why Lean is the growing undercurrent for a move to accountable healthcare. Virginia Mason was in trouble in 2000 and losing money, its best people, and potentially, their vision. The clues were […]

Today is Day 1 of the WCBF Annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Excellence in Healthcare Summit. This isn’t a new organization nor is Lean or Six Sigma a new discipline. There are things, however, that are on the horizon that make this a very important place to be at this moment in the US healthcare saga. […]

The following was first published on The TIBCO Blog. As shown in Healthcare Reform That Can’t Be Stopped, the Toyota Production System has found a home in healthcare. The Wisconsin-based TPS pioneer, ThedaCare, has been employing Toyota’s industrial efficiency principles in its hospitals to great effect for more than 10 years. Thedacare is now seeing great […]