Rachelle Schultz, CEO of Winona Health - Driving Lean in Her Health System

Lean Blog Interviews: Real-World Lean Leadership Conversations in Healthcare and Beyond · Jan 31, 2013 · 26m

My guest for episode #164 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Rachelle Schultz, CEO of Winona Health (based in Winona, Minnesota). Rachelle was a part of the CEO panel that I moderated at last year's Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit and her comments on leading a health system's Lean transformation were well received. In this discussion, she says, “Everything I do has to drive Lean,” as we talk about how her system is using Lean in these challenging times and what the impact has been – quality, satisfaction, financial.

This episode is produced in partnership with the Healthcare Value…