http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/30/california-hospitals-confess-their-errors/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/30/california-hospitals-confess-their-errors/#comment-493 Jim Parish, RWD Technologies EVP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:21:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/30/california-hospitals-confess-their-errors/#comment-493 At this critical crossroad in healthcare… when quality is not meeting expectations, CMS (Medicare) and leading private insurance companies are mandating they will no longer pay hospitals for ‘preventable errors,’ RWD offers hospitals, like St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston — the only systemic solution proven to enable and empower organizations through a unique lean approach… based on the Toyota Production System (TPS). For over 15 years, our approach has inspired innovation and independence within the culture of organizations. Not merely a quick-fix or executive mandate, the collaborative solution we offer engages everyone — at all levels of the organization, inspiring innovation and skill-transfer — thereby transforming the entire organization so hospitals can minimize preventable errors’, maximize quality care and realize long-term continuous improvement. At this critical crossroad in healthcare… when quality is not meeting expectations, CMS (Medicare) and leading private insurance companies are mandating they will no longer pay hospitals for ‘preventable errors,’ RWD offers hospitals, like St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston — the only systemic solution proven to enable and empower organizations through a unique lean approach… based on the Toyota Production System (TPS). For over 15 years, our approach has inspired innovation and independence within the culture of organizations. Not merely a quick-fix or executive mandate, the collaborative solution we offer engages everyone — at all levels of the organization, inspiring innovation and skill-transfer — thereby transforming the entire organization so hospitals can minimize preventable errors’, maximize quality care and realize long-term continuous improvement.

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