By John S. Toussaint, MD, and Montgomery “Monk” Elmer, MD
This is taken from the Catalysis website, with permission from Dr John Toussaint and Dr Montgomery Elmer, the authors: “The spread of “best practices” is important in today’s rapidly evolving health care landscape where quality and outcomes matter more than ever. However, spread can be incredibly difficult to achieve.
One of us (Dr. Toussaint) has visited and observed 174 health care systems in 17 countries. Almost every one of these organizations has undergone significant innovative care redesign in recent years and has attempted to spread that redesign. Most have failed.
The other of us (Dr. Elmer) was a physician leader at ThedaCare Physicians in Kimberly, Wis., when the clinic was chosen to create an ambulatory care redesign, which encompassed the entire outpatient experience. It improved patients’ access to care by…”
Join authors Dr Toussaint and Dr Elmer at the Lean Healthcare Summit 2019 on 31 October in Johannesburg.
