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Patricia A. Gabow, M.D., Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Denver Health
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 Dr. Gabow has been
actively involved with issues related to health care delivery for many years. She
is the principal investigator for the “Improving Efficiency through Hospital Redesign”
grant funded by the AHRQ. She has been a leader for implementation of redesign concepts
to improve patient safety and satisfaction, quality of care delivered, and efficiencies
in the complex processes of health care. In April 2005, she was named one of the
Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine. |
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John Long, M.D., Director of Lean Concepts, LLC, and Member of the TWI Network
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 Dr. Long has practiced
medicine for more than 25 years; four years managing manufacturing companies; and
six years directing the Detroit Division of Lean Concepts LLC. |
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Richard Albert, M.D., Director, Department of Medicine, Denver Health
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 Dr. Albert is Director
of the Department of Medicine at Denver Health, and a Professor of Medicine at the
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. He is currently
supervising Lean projects in all the divisions of the Department of Medicine. |
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Richard Wright, M.D., Director, Community Health Services, Denver Health
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 Dr. Wright has been
a physician manager for primary care services for 30 years, and he has developed
expertise in team development and performance improvement in the primary care setting.
He has managed the implementation of numerous process improvement projects that
have transformed ambulatory health care delivery systems. |
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David M. Munch, M.D., Vice President, Chief Clinical and Quality Officer, Exempla
Lutheran Medical Center
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 Dr. Munch has extensive
experience in clinical medicine, health plan administration and hospital operations.
He is responsible for Lean production implementation as well as clinical quality,
safety, informatics, pharmacy and medical staff services. |
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Jeffrey Liker, Ph.D., Director, Japan Technology Management Program, University
of Michigan
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 Dr. Liker is a professor
of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is the
director of the Japan Technology Management Program and co-director of the Lean
Manufacturing Certificate Program at the University of Michigan. He is the author
of best selling book “The Toyota Way”, in addition to being the principle of Optiprise,
a Lean enterprise consulting firm. |
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Roger Gerard, Ph.D., Chief Learning Officer, ThedaCare
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 Dr. Gerard has more
than 30 years experience leading executive management development initiative, focusing
on organizational performance improvement processes. He is one of the leaders of
the Lean movement at ThedaCare. ThedaCare has been using Lean processes for more
than two years, and has saved nearly $7 million in waste. Additionally, they have
reduced A/R days significantly. Currently, they are running about 20 Rapid Improvement
Events per month, and expect that number to increase over the next year. They also
have documented quality improvements (both clinical and service), as well as significant
improvements in employee engagement as a result of this methodology. |
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Christina Saint Martin, Administrative Director, Governance, Administration and
VMPS, Virginia Mason Medical Center
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Christina Saint Martin is the Senior Director responsible for implementing the Virginia
Mason Production System. Virginia Mason Medical Center is pursuing its goal of zero
defects through the application of the Toyota Production System (Lean). This has
resulted in a more effective management approach to customer service, increased
quality, safety, staff satisfaction and a successful economic enterprise. |
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Michael Kaupa, JD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Lean Production, Park Nicollet Institute
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 Michael Kaupa is
responsible for implementing a “product” system at Park Nicollet and has extensive
training in Lean. Park Nicollet received the 2004 Acclaim Award for applying the
Toyota Lean Production concepts to enhance patient care. This innovative approach
has helped them reduce the price of health care and achieve a realized benefit of
$7.5 million in 2004. |
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Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT)
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CAMT is a not-for-profit organization that provides customized training as well
as hands-on technical assistance in Lean. Their customers estimate more than $25
million in economic benefits over the past four years. |
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