

Connecting the Dots
Skip Steward
Baptist Management System (BMS) is an improvement system that focuses on creating a holistic management system built on purpose, people, and process. BMS exist within the overall operating system of Baptist Memorial Health Care. BMS promotes and is based on the following 11 Guiding Principles: Respect, Humility, Trust, Empathy, Perfection, Process Focus, Scientific Thinking, Quality at the Source, Flow and Pull, Constancy of Purpose, Systemic Thinking. As we embed the 11 Guiding Principles into our culture, demonstrated by our ideal principled-based behaviors, we will be passionate about continually improving the experience and outcomes for our customers.
The information discussed in the Connecting the Dots podcast are meant as a discussion about the subject of continuous improvement. It might showcase what our best, most motivated users have achieved. Expected outcomes and results may vary. All testimonials are real, may not reflect another user's experience, and are not intended to represent or guarantee that anyone will achieve the same or similar results.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is accredited by the Mississippi State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. BMHCC designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
It is the policy of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) to promote balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities; to require disclosure of relevant financial relationships from individuals engaged in content development or planning of a CME activity; to identify and resolve conflicts of interest related to those relationships; and to make disclosure information available to the audience prior to the CME activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations. None of the hosts or guests have financial interests to disclose.
The information discussed in the Connecting the Dots podcast are meant as a discussion about the subject of continuous improvement. It might showcase what our best, most motivated users have achieved. Expected outcomes and results may vary. All testimonials are real, may not reflect another user's experience, and are not intended to represent or guarantee that anyone will achieve the same or similar results.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is accredited by the Mississippi State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. BMHCC designates this enduring material for a maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
It is the policy of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) to promote balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities; to require disclosure of relevant financial relationships from individuals engaged in content development or planning of a CME activity; to identify and resolve conflicts of interest related to those relationships; and to make disclosure information available to the audience prior to the CME activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations. None of the hosts or guests have financial interests to disclose.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Nov 5, 2020 • 35min
Dr. Lisa Yerian & Cleveland Clinic’s Continuous Improvement Journey
Dr. Lisa Yerian, Chief Improvement Officer at Cleveland Clinic shares the story of how they are creating a culture of Continuous Improvement.

Oct 29, 2020 • 34min
TWI Job Instructions (JI)
We talk about Training Within Industry (TWI) Job Instructions and the role it can play to provide consistent high quality patient care.

Oct 22, 2020 • 31min
Standardization and 6 Starter Questions
We talk about what standardized work is, the importance of it in healthcare, and ask some simple questions to help leaders discover what is occurring at the actual place where value-creating work actually occurs.

Oct 15, 2020 • 35min
Pascal Dennis on Strategic Deployment and Alignment
Pascal Dennis reviews his years at Toyota and various industries with performance improvement. He also speaks about his new book Harnessing Digital Disruption, How companies win with Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean Startup

Oct 8, 2020 • 31min
Dr. Paul DePriest: CI journey, Standardization, Ideal Principle Based Behaviors
Dr. Paul DePriest serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. He is the first physician to serve as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. Dr. DePriest joined Baptist in 2012 as senior vice president and chief medical officer. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Eastern Kentucky University, an MD from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and a master's degree in healthcare management from the Harvard School of Public Health. After medical school, Dr. DePriest completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship in gynecological oncology at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

Oct 1, 2020 • 26min
Starting the Conversation
Skip Steward and Dr. Harvey Mason start the conversation about the Baptist Management System (BMS). Connecting the Dots Podcast will be a conversation about how different parts of BMS work together and areas of success & struggle. There will be times when we invite other leaders on to share how they think of continuous improvement in their organization.


