Mark Graban welcomes John Toussaint, MD, CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, to his Lean Blog podcast. Dr. Toussaint, known for his leadership of the lean efforts at ThedaCare, done under the heading of the ThedaCare Improvement System, talks about ThedaCare’s lean journey and how lean concepts can help what ails U.S. healthcare.

Executive Leadership
Podcast with John S. Toussaint, MD, about Lean at ThedaCare
By Mark Graban
January 12, 2009
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About Mark Graban
The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen.” He serves as a consultant to healthcare organizations through his company, Constancy, Inc. and is also the Chief Improvement Officer of the technology company KaiNexus. Mark is the lead blogger and podcaster at his site, LeanBlog.org, started in 2005.
Mark has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Leaders for Global Operations Program.
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