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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Bacon on July 14, 2009 at 7:39pm

There's an interesting conference called Games for Health that might be of interest to this group. I attended their satellite event in Seattle a couple years ago. Unfortunately their big 2009 event just happened, in Boston.

See: http://www.gamesforhealth.org/

Cheers,
Liz

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Adams on July 15, 2009 at 4:46pm

Having spent a couple of years working in manufacturing I got to see both poor, wasteful, and costly processes as well as efficient and lean processes. When it can be done correctly I believe implementing Lean principles can improve the overall experience of any process. So, in believing that I will recommend a site and a book:

Lean Healthcare website:
http://leanhealthcarewest.com

Lean Healthcare book:

Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction by Marc Graban


There is an intertwined relationship between Lean and Theory of Constraints. I believe both can be beneficial although I've never participated in the implementation of ToC I'm familiar enough with it to feel that adding it as recommended resource would be a good thing to do.

ToC and Healthcare:

We All Fall Down: Goldratt's Theory of Constraints for Healthcare Systems by Julie Wright and Russ King

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Permalink Reply by Mario Giudici on September 23, 2009 at 11:27am

I am sending you some links you will maybe find inspiring:
John Tackara, was a speaker at the LIFT conference in Marseille, France. In his speech he mentioned a few health care projects.

http://www.thackara.com/index.html
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2989061/liftfrance09_john_thackara/

http://www.dott07.com/go/health
DaSH, lead by Design Options in collaboration with Gateshead PCT and the Centre for Design Research, Northumbria University was commissioned by Dott 07 to use the best service design techniques to develop a sexual health service for the town, where people are seen within 48 hours of first contact, the treatment pathway is clear and the service best meets the needs, preferences and circumstances of all users.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Hurst on September 23, 2009 at 1:09pm

Marc, appreciate your link earlier on to the Gel Health conference I'm running.

Gel Health is in NYC on Thur-Fri, October 22-23:
http://gelconference.com/health

Hope everyone will consider attending!

Gel Health speakers include...

- Dr. Bridget Duffy, former Chief Experience Officer, Cleveland Clinic
- Dr. Mark Pochapin, director, Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, New York
- Dr. John La Puma, author, "ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine"
- Dr. Jim Withers, founder, Operation Safety Net (street medicine for homeless population)
- Dr. Javette Orgain, family physician and chairperson, Illinois State Board of Health
- Dan Ford, patient advocate
- Cathy Salit, working with Johns Hopkins oncology nurses via Performance of a Lifetime
- Olie Westheimer, founder, Brooklyn Parkinson Group; cofounder, "Dance for PD" with Mark Morris
- William Brownstein, founder, Kids RX
- Dr. Michael Christensen, founder, Clown Rounds (and cofounder of the Big Apple Circus)
- Dr. Robert Martensen, author, "A Life Worth Living"; lecturer, Dept. of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Dr. Sigall Bell, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Attendees are practitioners, caregivers, administrators, and other executives working in the healthcare field.

Attendee list (organizations and titles):
http://gelconference.com/health/attendees.php

Speaker list, and all Gel Health info:
http://gelconference.com/health

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Permalink Reply by Amy Tenderich on November 12, 2009 at 12:22pm

Hi All,

You might be interested in my post today on designing "Diabetes Technology for Patient Adherence" (bah, humbug!):

http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/11/the-diabetes-technology-society...

Regards,

Amy Tenderich
www.diabetesmine.com

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Permalink Reply by Bernard Farrell on February 18, 2011 at 10:06am

The TEDMED conference is essential watching. One of the videos was the subject of my recent post on health care data and making it accessible and usable for patients.

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