Writing The New Playbook For U.S. Health Care: Lessons From Wisconsin

U.S. taxpayers waste far too much money on health care that is merely average or worse. Some health care providers, including ThedaCare, a major Wisconsin health care company, are using the tools of lean manufacturing to eliminate millions of dollars of waste that obstructs the provision of effectiv...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Health Affairs 2009-09, Vol.28 (5), p.1343-1350
Main Author: Toussaint, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Cost control
Employees
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health policy
Heart attacks
Hospitals
Lean manufacturing
Medical service
Medicine
Mortality
Nurses
Patient admissions
Patients
Payment systems
Pharmaceuticals
Physicians
Teams
Total quality
United States
Wisconsin
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:U.S. taxpayers waste far too much money on health care that is merely average or worse. Some health care providers, including ThedaCare, a major Wisconsin health care company, are using the tools of lean manufacturing to eliminate millions of dollars of waste that obstructs the provision of effective medicine. ThedaCare studies care delivery processes to improve care and lower costs. Lessons from lean manufacturing and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement are lowering incidence of preterm births, improving heart attack response rates, and changing the way care is delivered in hospitals to a collaborative, team-based approach. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.1343