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Posted March 27th, 2009 by Rick Creveling
Stromectol delivered overnight, It's hard top believe that March is nearly over and finally spring is here. Are there signs of life rising from our struggling economy. Here's some hope from another reader-contributed post. Thanks to Sharon Ruth of MSDIS and Jim Jones of DMEP for the following article, a continuation of our series on LEAN Healthcare Management
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Not long before the current financial meltdown began to accelerate, a CFO of a for-profit health system make a statement that has stuck with us since the day we learned about it. He told the team of hospital system administrators of his organization, "Folks, Lean Healthcare principles and methodologies have become the new capital in our organization." Although a simple statement, it says volumes in my opinion. Although it was true just a few months ago and always will be, it is certainly true today more than ever due to the financial crisis and with healthcare’s rising costs of delivery, diminishing reimbursements, shortages of skilled caregivers, the increasing number of uninsured, and of course the tight credit markets, stromectol delivered overnight. As we continue to ponder this simple but powerful statement, a number of things come to mind. Yes, Lean is the new capital. Stromectol for dogs, The issue is whether or not leaders, both political and corporate, will recognize it. Will leaders "cut and run" without any regard to improving their processes, which only creates a weak and thin organization. Stromectol delivered overnight, Or will they invest in their people. Will you invest in your people.
As we’ve begun our Lean education to Delaware organizations of all shapes and sizes, we’re often asked "how do you get an organization excited and motivated to change?" Other than old fashioned leadership that is required for any change, in many organizations they need a crisis to rally and focus the organization. Are you nearing a crisis yet. Well we think it goes without saying that no one could craft a crisis of the magnitude we’re currently in to motivate change. Our fear is that we’ll let this current crisis go to waste (in all industries and government) without capitalizing upon it, stromectol delivered overnight. You don’t have to be a futurist to know that other crisis’ in healthcare are on the horizon (rising costs on one side of the equation with rising demand on the other) which loomed even before this current financial mess presented itself. Those issues haven’t gone away.
Lean (Healthcare) focuses on the elimination of Waste to improve customer or patient value (cost, quality, stromectol for lice, safety, satisfaction), and it puts the value in people. Many Lean practitioners even consider "under-utilized talent" as a form of Waste within itself. Stromectol delivered overnight, In this financial environment we find the perfect time to invest in our people more than ever, and to do more with the same amount of equipment and facilities given the lack of capital. This is what made Toyota, Toyota. They are currently the best equipped to weather this drastic downturn that is effecting the entire auto industry, and the system they developed over many years initially came about as a matter of necessity after WWII with little to no resources. They had no choice but to eliminate Waste and they are much better off today as a result.
In many instances there isn’t a choice of whether or not to change. Yes we know, it isn’t easy to make Lean a way of life, but the alternative is to struggle not only now but for many years to come, stromectol delivered overnight. Utilize Lean principles and tools to accelerate solving the problems that committees are spending countless hours on that are not producing results right now (Lean is about making change now). Capitalize upon your staff’s ability to solve problems via Lean Healthcare principles, removing waste from your processes, Ivermectin stromectol, and striving for the IDEAL. In our opinion, those organizations that do will kill the competition as this financial climate improves. This is a capital investment that is proven to provide a positive return in the long term.
For More Information Contact:
Jim Jones DEMEP (302) 283-3135
jjones@demep.org
Sharon Ruth Willis of DE/MSDIS (302) 397-0173
sruth@zutzgroup.com
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Posted March 18th, 2009 by Rick Creveling
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