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Newsletter: Cultural Change Starts With You

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5 Behaviors You Can Change to Create a Lean Culture Cultural Change Starts with You   There are five changes you can personally make right now to develop a culture of improvement at your organization. But, if you are like many other healthcare leaders, culture change seems like a daunting task.  John Toussaint, MD said, […]

Newsletter: How to Sustain a Lean Transformation

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Sustaining Lean Transformation Kim Barnas, president of Catalysis, recently created a new article on the core elements healthcare organizations must have in place to sustain a lean healthcare transformation. “Leading people through complex organizational change requires extraordinary diligence and constant attention,” writes Barnas. The first two core elements are: Lean methods and systems start at […]

Newsletter: Five Changes Great Leaders Make to Develop an Improvement Culture

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John Toussaint and Susan Ehrlich co-author NEJM Catalyst Article Dr. John Toussaint, founder and CEO of Catalysis, and Susan Ehrlich, M.D. and CEO at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (a Catalysis Healthcare Value Network member), collaborated to write, “Five Changes Great Leaders Make to Develop an Improvement Culture.” The article was recently published in NEJM […]

Newsletter: Cleveland Clinic to Present Learning Session at 2017 Summit

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2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Adds New Session Featuring Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic discovered the key to sustaining change and engaging leaders in a culture of improvement: Stop having leaders solve all the problems.   Lean transformation leaders from Cleveland Clinic will share their experience at the 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit. Here is a brief […]

Newsletter: What a Bipartisan Approach to U.S. Health Care Could Look Like

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What a Bipartisan Approach to U.S. Health Care Could Look Like   The proposed American Healthcare Act failed to get adequate support in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a new article published in Harvard Business Review, Catalysis CEO John Toussaint, explains some of the steps elected officials could take to improve healthcare for Americans.    Now […]

Catalysis In The News: Sharing Lean Ideas to Improve Healthcare Quality

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Catalysis In The News Sharing Lean Ideas to Improve Healthcare Quality   In a new article published this week in Modern Healthcare, Debbie Goodwin from Salem Health, a Catalysis Healthcare Value Network (CHVN)  member, and CHVN director, Paul Pejsa, outline the benefits of lean methodologies. As a CHVN network member, Goodwin also shares the importance […]

Newsletter: Experience Culture and Observe Executive Behaviors Ideal for Healthcare Transformation

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Experience Culture and Observe Executive Behaviors Ideal for Healthcare Transformation There’s no question seeing is believing. Especially at organizations that have successfully implemented lean principles into their day-to-day operations. With this in mind, we encourage you to attend an Executive Site Visit in person, and get your organization’s lean transformation journey started on the right […]

Attend a 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit

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Attend a 2017 Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit Immerse yourself in the Lean Healthcare Transformation community. Get inspired and discover the strategies you need to transform your healthcare organization. The annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summits exist for you – no matter where you are in your transformation journey. Learn from healthcare leaders from around the world as they […]

Start 2017 with a Catalysis Webinar (or Two)

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Your newsletter from Catalysis is here! Start 2017 with a Catalysis Webinar (or Two) Beyond Heroes: Lessons from The Field – Jan. 12, 11 a.m. CT Sharing lean management principles and methodologies across an entire hospital can be both daunting and highly rewarding. Please join us on for this webinar and discover what Beyond Heroes […]