Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

Can reverse innovation — innovations originating from poor countries — provide one important answer? the approach is to spend more money on major technological advances and come up with innovative products and solutions. Most definitely. In the U.S., Poor countries face severe resource constraints.

Health Care 15

Health Care Cost Constraint Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Based in Appleton, Wisconsin, ThedaCare is a five-hospital health system with 26 clinics, other allied services, and more than 6,000 employees. It has been a pioneer in applying lean methodology in health care in order to tackle quality and cost issues. Leading Health Care Innovation. Health Operations'

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Decentralization Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Popular television shows—from ER to House to Grey’s Anatomy—have long dramatized how crucial early moments of care are for trauma victims. But what most don’t realize is that very same principle—that early, accurate intervention matters—applies across the entire health care system, not just in trauma cases, but in nearly all cases.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care System Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Leading Change in Health Care. The HaH care team is available 24/7 for urgent issues. If needed, blood tests, X-rays, echocardiography, ultrasound, EKGs, and skilled therapies are provided at home. Early experiences showed that , compared with usual hospital care, HaH resulted in fewer complications (e.g.,

Health Care 8

Health Care Transportation Innovation System 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Health care systems are transforming themselves to deliver the “Triple Aim” of providing better care and a better patient experience, improving the health of populations, and lowering the cost of care. Mayo was the first care-delivery group to receive this delegated authority. Authority and Structure.

Quality 8

Quality Mayo System Six Sigma 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

When these things work together, they create what we call a capabilities system: examples include Frito-Lay's direct-to-store delivery, Disney's genius for developing and commercializing family-friendly characters, and 3M's incremental innovation machine. Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. A spectacular move — or was it?

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence EBITDA Health Care Gordon 15

Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

I also see people in departments labeled Lean or “Process Improvement” who have their skills and efforts squandered because senior leaders think quality isn’t their responsibility or that it can be delegated. The use of random Lean tools isn’t transforming any health system. It’s proven that we can do better… but will everybody do so?

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Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

On the other, patients and their families are engaged in conversations with care teams, discussing goals and creating care plans together — with patients taking a more active role in the decision-making process. Over the past 20 years, health care as a whole has been moving toward the patient-centered care-end of the spectrum.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Licensing System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

In today’s health care landscape, consultants often advise independent hospitals to merge with a larger health system. At first, we worked with RIC as a consultant but then became its partner in 2009. Leading Change in Health Care. With an accountable care organization (ACO).

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

health care system shift from fee for service to value-based approaches that pay providers for quality, they are turning to two models: One is procedure- and DRG-based bundled payments that pay one price for all the care related to treating a condition. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Insight Center.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Health Care Cost Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling.

Airlines 14

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The agency, which provides health care to approximately 9 million veterans at over 1,700 locations, had set a top-down goal to increase the percentage of veterans who were seen within 14 days of requesting an appointment. In 2014, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was in crisis. Could the organization turn itself around?

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8