Run in to losses during 1980s, with capping introduced for each treatments
reimbursement.
In 1996, Deaconess merged its system with that of the Beth Israel
Medical Center, another large, Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital.
DGH was a 41-bed community hospital that had lost $2.7 million in the previous
12 months
CareGroup, the 1,500-bed system of which DGH was part, had lost nearly $100
million in the same period
If CareGroup mastered TPS principles, then it might
provide higher-quality care at lower cost relative to its rivals, just as Toyota
had demonstrated sustained and superior quality.
it would become both a showcase and the source of teachers for the rest of
the CareGroup system
Studied the work of individuals who performed activities on the pathway over
which prescriptions and medications traveled.
Studied the work of individuals who performed activities on the pathway over
which prescriptions and medications traveled.