Healthcare Value Leaders Podcast

My guest for this episode is Dr. Gregory R. Johnson, the Chief Medical Officer at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this episode, we talk about how Parkview is using Lean to cope with today’s challenging environment, how Dr. Johnson encourages Lean thinking among physicians, and the role of standardization in medicine. Dr. Johnson says Parkview is moving toward “having everyone operating in a Lean way, all 8200 co-workers” instead of just doing “Rapid Improvement Events.” This...

In this episode, we are joined by Dean Gruner, MD, the President & CEO of ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin that is considered by most to be a leader in the application of the lean management system to healthcare improvement. Here, Dean talks about Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and how ThedaCare is using this approach, along with Lean methods, to improve the coordination of care for patients. Our main podcast page with past episodes is...

In this episode, we are joined by Dean Gruner, MD, the President & CEO of ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin that is considered by most to be a leader in the application of the lean management system to healthcare improvement. Dean talks about the basics of "strategy deployment" as a management system and how it fits with the ThedaCare Improvement System. Click here to learn more about a new DVD, "Thinking Lean at ThedaCare: Strategy Deployment." Our main podcast page with past...

Episode #5 is a discussion with two guests from Akron (OH) Children's Hospital and their Center for Operations Excellence, Kris Grayem and Chris Weisbrod. They were part of a Healthcare Value Leaders Network member visit to the company Autoliv, a top automotive supplier, in November. Kris and Chris discuss the important lessons that they learned from visiting a factory as non-factory people - what ideas and concepts did they bring back to their hospital? Our podcast page is...

Episode #4 is a conversation with Alan Gleghorn, the CEO of Christie Clinic. Since 1929, Christie Clinic has been serving the people of east central Illinois as one of the largest physician-owned, multi-specialty group medical practices in Illinois. In this episode, we talk about how Alan has taken an active role in driving lean transformation at Christie Clinic, moving beyond merely sponsoring the use of lean tools. Alan shares how he has been involved and offers advice to other senior...