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Change Management | Lean Management | Strategic Leadership | Leadership Development

Implementing Process Improvement by Focusing on Culture

Evaluate Your Organization’s Culture Our lean health care experts can assess your organization and help you discover how to accelerate change and attain a patient-centered culture. Lean Culture Assessment Why do many organizations spend a great deal of time and resources on process improvement but many fail to sustain those results over time? The answer is that these organizations put a great deal of focus on method and tools but...

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Change Management | Lean Management | Leadership Development | Patient Safety

Leader Tools to Prevent Medical Errors

March 23, 2016 | Virginia Mason Institute

What health care leaders can do to reduce the number of medical errors in their organization: It starts with culture. A culture of empowerment enables an...

Change Management | Performance Improvement | Lean Management | Leadership Development

How Can My Organization Use Daily Management to Create a Culture That Puts Patients First?

March 18, 2015 | Rhonda Stewart

For leaders who want to make progress in improvements across an organization, the challenge can seem insurmountable. How can you get executives, providers and staff...

Using the Nemawashi Gauge to Guide Improvement in Patient Safety

February 01, 2015 | Celeste Derheimer

A culture in support of safety is inextricably linked to a culture where continuous improvement thrives. Leaders drive values, values drive behaviors, and the...

Lean Management | Strategic Leadership | Leadership Development

Are Your Leaders, Doctors and Board Members Aligned With Your Organization’s Mission?

June 13, 2012 | Virginia Mason Institute

“The compact serves to ensure alignment with a shared vision.” – Diane Miller At Virginia Mason, the physician compact has been crucial to the organization’s...

Leadership Development

Improving Your Organization’s Relationship With Your Physicians

May 30, 2012 | Virginia Mason Institute

“What matters is living by [the physician compact] and sticking to it over time. That’s how the culture is changed.” – Dr. Joyce Lammert Getting at the intrinsic...

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Healthcare Improvement Insights

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Mistake Proofing in Ambulatory, Procedural, and Inpatient Care

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Culture of Care

Explore how equity-focused improvement, coaching and lived experience can strengthen staff ...

Culture of Care

Explore how equity-focused improvement, coaching and lived experience can strengthen staff ...

Bridge to Excellence with Three Rivers Hospital

Join host Brenda McLeod in conversation with Jamie Boyer, German Meza, and Karen Gifford about ...

Bridge to Excellence with Three Rivers Hospital

Join host Brenda McLeod in conversation with Jamie Boyer, German Meza, and Karen Gifford about ...