Paved a way : infrastructure, policy, and racism in an American city

The purpose of this book is to provide a user-friendly guide for healthcare leaders, improvement practitioners, and providers at all levels (current and aspiring) to assemble performance-improvement ecosystems that will transform organizational performance, improve health outcomes, and stand the test of time in the face of scarce resources. The healthcare industry is experiencing more disruption and change now than ever before. The old way of doing business is gone and the new is here. Thus, healthcare leaders must evolve with the market or face extinction. As the market evolution continues, the only question is "How many organizations and leaders will make the cut?" The Ideal Performance-Improvement Ecosystem is a quick guide for the journey to the transformational promise land. Readers will gain simple, practical, and actionable insight on thought leadership topics such as the following: Strategic Planning Governance and Oversight Quality Management System Continuous Improvement Knowledge Management Culture > Casey Bedgood is a healthcare leader with over twenty years of experience. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and accomplished author. Over the years, Casey's work has been recognized, sourced, and modeled by national and global best practice organizations in the healthcare industry and beyond. He has amassed a portfolio of dozens of publications on topics such as thought leadership, knowledge transfer, performance improvement, strategic design, innovative thinking, transformation, Quality Management System (QMS), and many others. Subsequently, many large complex healthcare enterprises across the US, Canada, and Singapore have sourced and sought after Casey's thought leadership expertise. Casey earned a BBA Magna Cum Laude from Mercer University and a Master's of public administration from Georgia College and State University (GCSU). He is a IISE Lean Green Belt, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Also, CAP trained via GE and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). "Acknowledgement is the first step in the journey of unpacking the ways our cities are built with systems of power and erasure. True reconciliation requires acknowledgement and acceptance of past injustice. In that journey, we are only at the beginning." Paved A Way tells the stories of five neighborhoods in Dallas and how they were shaped by racism and economic oppression. The communities of North Dallas, Deep Ellum, Little Mexico, Tenth Street, and Fair Park look nothing like what they did during their prime, and author Collin Yarbrough argues that their respective declines were intentional-that their foundations were chipped away over time. Systemic oppression is not contained within Dallas-it can be found throughout the United States. As Collin Yarbrough writes in his introduction, "Dallas is its own city, and Dallas is every city." With this book, readers throughout the United States will learn to see how nearby cities were shaped by injustice, and how they can play a role in reversing the process.