Case Studies

Our case studies demonstrate how major healthcare systems, manufacturing companies and corporations have embraced the idea of “Targeting Value. Spreading Change.”

We dig deep into the heart of the problem and systematically prove that waste and errors can be removed. These organizations know what they are doing—the Center wants you to know, too.

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Evaluating Community-Based Reforms in Care for Chronic Conditions

The pressure for rapid and effective change in health care delivery in the United States has continued to intensify as health care costs continue to rise. Communities have responded with a broad set of initiatives designed to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care.
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Commonwealth Study Demonstrates "Public Reporting Matters"

With support from The Commonwealth Fund, researchers evaluated how publicly reporting healthcare performance information through Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) has impacted the quality of ambulatory care in Wisconsin.
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Payment Reform in Wisconsin

The problem we are trying to solve with payment reform is that our present payment design rewards volume and subspecialty intervention. What does "volume" mean? This is the case of more procedures, hospitalizations and office visits leading to more revenue with no consideration as to whether these interventions were necessary or not.
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Delivering High-Quality, Low-Cost Care

Missing from most healthcare organizations is a well defined methodology that the entire organization can utilize to solve problems, continuously improve processes and sustain results. In 2003 ThedaCare embarked on the journey to deeply understanding the principles and practices of the Toyota Production system otherwise known as lean.
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Lean Management System

Sustainable improvement results require moving away from a project mentality for improvement to a system transformation which builds a continuous improvement culture. Most every organization can improve something if it focuses enough resources on it. On the other hand, developing a management process than supports frontline workers to solve problems every day is the way to ensure that improvement happens every minute of every day.
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Public Reporting and Physician Pay

The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) is a voluntary not-for-profit imitative established in 2003 with the mission to publicly report provider performance for the intent of improving care in the state of Wisconsin. WCHQ is governed by a multi-stakeholder group including providers, employers, insurers, and consumer advocates.
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The Toyota Health Care Story

Ford Brewer, the medical director for Toyota North American Health Care, describes what he needed to do to fund the development of the new Toyota Medical Clinic in San Antonio.
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Collaborative Care

Since February 2007, ThedaCare has used its propriety care model — Collaborative Care — to change the way inpatient hospital care is delivered to patients. Collaborative Care has not only improved care and lowered costs; it has also led to higher satisfaction rates among patients and staff members.
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Virginia Mason

Learn about the specifics of the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS), how leaders have adopted lean principles for healthcare delivery and what they’re realizing as results.
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Carol Inc.

Carol Inc. in Minneapolis is working to lower costs and improve care through the creation of a medical mall that allows employers and workers to go to a website and search for “care packages” by certain conditions and what the provider would charge for treatment to help when deciding where to seek care.
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Miller Electric

The welding equipment manufacturer partnered with ThedaCare to develop a plan to improve employee health and lower healthcare costs. Through health risk assessments, on-site health coaching, and other initiatives, Miller Electric achieved an ROI of $2.52 for every $1 spent on employee health.
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The Ambulatory ICU

A business coalition and ThedaCare formed a unique team to develop the concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) to help employees improve their health and save the companies millions on health costs.
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