PDSA

All the innovation we need is already here:  how do we put it to best use?

We’ve all heard the term: “death by initiative.”  What does this mean?

We were off again in March to the Peachtree State: Georgia. KP Georgia employees are some of the friendliest you’ll meet. First stop was “Coffee and Conversation” with Regional President Peter Andruszkiewicz (also known as “Peter A.”) and Dr. Rob Schreiner, the executive medical director of the region.

Bridget Hurley’s Gang of Four (Plan, Do, Study, Act) will help you get through life’s small tests of change. Hurley, national LMP coordinator for performance improvement, helps union delegates delve deeper into the well-known cycle that drives their work in unit-based teams.

What can you do to improve the care you deliver every day? How can you help KP confront tough economic times? How does your work help build a model for health care reform?

Barb Grimm, senior VP of LMP, says small tests of change are in your hands.

On to the Peach State in May. We wish that everyone could meet some of the great people we get the pleasure to encounter. Among them: Dawn Bading, vice president of human resources and her Coalition partner, National Coordinator Jenee Dixon, Peter Andruszkiewicz, president of the Georgia Region, Rob Schreiner, MD, executive medical director, Chief Operations Officer Sally Sidwell and Rick Brown of the United Food and Commercial Workers. UBT regional co-leads Frances Monteiro and Ally Neighbors have a clear understanding of the importance of frontline engagement.