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ASA Deming Lecture by Brent James: Long Term View of the Healthcare System

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2010 ASA Deming Lecture – “Dr. Deming Consults on Quality for Sir William Osler” by Brent James , Institute for Health Care Delivery Research. I wrote a previous post on this blog about a paper he wrote about using Deming’s ideas at Intermountain Healthcare. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician.

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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

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Edwards Deming famously remarked that “in God we trust, but everyone else should bring data.” By 2010, around 75% of the sample had adopted some form of predictive analytics, although most of these firms only used the tools sporadically, despite higher intensity use being linked with greater returns. Strong returns.

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

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These posts were the most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog in 2016 (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *. How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010).

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Integrating Technical and Human Management Systems

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ASQ has asked the Influential Voices on quality management to look at the question of integrating technical quality and human management systems. My view is that the management system must integrate these facets together. Edwards Deming discussed frequently and emphasized in his management system ).

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Using Outdated Management Practices Can Be Very Costly

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Readers of this blog are aware of the problems created by using quotas: Achieved the goal by not the aim (2013) – The Futility of a Numerical Goal (2014) , Distorting the System, Distorting the Data or Improving the System (2013) , Dr. Deming on the problems with targets or goals.

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Myth: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It

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It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth. Edwards Deming, The New Economics , page 35. One of the quotes you will see quite frequently “incorrectly” attributed to Dr. Deming is “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2015

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This is a list of the 20 most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog last year (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010). Stated Versus Revealed Preference (2013).

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