Proven Strategy for Success
The Live Music Capitol of the World – Austin, Texas – has a different buzz downtown today. The convention center is filled with Texas’ volunteer and career emergency medical services caregivers. Held annually, the Texas EMS Conference rivals many national EMS conference events and draws industry leading faculty from across the country and caregivers from [...]
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For the last few weeks, I have been testing an experiential exercise to quickly train large groups to use rapid cycle, small tests of change (i.e., PDSA cycles). The exercise involves teams learning through testing how to assemble a toy Mr. Potato Head. I modified the exercise after working with with Dr. Eric Dickson on the [...]
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This week, I have been reading a great book by my colleague Robert Lloyd, PhD, Executive Director of Performance Improvement at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Published in 2004, Quality Health Care: Developing and Using Indicators is a great resource for learning about process improvement in health care. Last night, as I finished a chapter (Ch.3), I [...]
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Health Affairs, a peer-reviewed publication focused on health policy thought and research, posted an article on its blog by Jeff D. Selberg, the new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) titled “The Shifting Health Care Landscape: Lessons from the Clinton Error”. A former hospital CEO during the Clinton Era, Jeff attempts to compare [...]
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On April 7th, Dave Williams had the pleasure of opening the annual meeting of the Texas Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in San Antonio, Texas with a plenary talk on the Science for Improvement (see link below). More than 200 members came together for a mutli-day conference with a focus on accelerating performance. The Texas [...]
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