Comments on: Bifurcation; “P” and “PDCA”

By: Patient Centered Health Information Technology (PCHIT) » Blog Archive » Advisory Group Adjust: Charles Milligan, Jr., Center for Health Program Development & Management

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:41:50 +0000

[...] and referred that question out to some experts in the LEAN world, which is detailed on the DailyKaizen blog in this post. The adjust, therefore, is in my opinion to keep going by rapidly improving what we do, and the 80% [...]

By: Ted Eytan

Ted Eytan — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:41:01 +0000

Hey thanks, both of you. This is just what I needed! As others have ideas on this, feel free to add them. - Ted

By: Lee Fried

Lee Fried — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:33:02 +0000

It was great talking to you today. My only comment is in regards to PDCA. The thinking and the process is the same at every level, be it strategic planning or frontline improvement. How it is applied, the duration of each step, etc. will depend on the purpose of the work.

See you in middle

Lee

By: Mike Keaton

Mike Keaton — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:45:59 +0000

General Eisenhower said “Planning is everything, a plan is nothing.”

Maybe a little overly dramatic, but he wanted his planners to be constantly engaged in planning. The minute they became static, their plans became outdated. He challenged them to think stratgically while planning deliberately. And as soon as they re-evaluated, they started the process all over again.

Keep up the good work Ted.

Mike