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Quotes to Note from Superabundance

The Practical Leader

Put differently, growth does not solve all human problems, but without growth there can be no plenitude of food, sophisticated health care, excellent sanitation, modern transportation, and a plethora of other conveniences that make modern life so much better and more enjoyable than life in the past.

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The Innovation Health Care Really Needs: Help People Manage Their Own Health

Harvard Business Review

Finally, health care, which has been largely immune to the forces of disruptive innovation , is beginning to change. health care keeps getting costlier. These astronomical costs are largely due to the way competition works in American health care. Transforming Health Care. Insight Center.

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Strategic Planning Alternatives: Mission Discernment

LDRLB

Consider this quote: “Executive summaries of requests for decisions are useful tools to consolidate our thinking, but they are not an end in themselves, intended to replace the substantive analysis that normally accompanies such high level summaries. 2010, Nov-Dec). Health Progress. Doctoral Dissertation at St.

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Strategic Planning Alternatives: Mission Discernment

LDRLB

Consider this quote: “Executive summaries of requests for decisions are useful tools to consolidate our thinking, but they are not an end in themselves, intended to replace the substantive analysis that normally accompanies such high level summaries. 2010, Nov-Dec). Health Progress. Doctoral Dissertation at St.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Hiring Uncertainties.

Strategy Driven

Many of the provisions of the sweeping health-care bill passed by the House of Representatives in March won’t kick in until 2014, however these provisions spell big changes for small businesses. Recent healthcare reform is also adding to economic uncertainty for small businesses.

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Health Reform Lessons from Mexico

Harvard Business Review

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Health systems are at a crossroads. The reason: half of the population lacked health insurance.

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Inpatient Patient Navigator Program Reduces Length of Stay

Harvard Business Review

Communication is essential for any successful relationship, including the one between a provider and her patient; however, social, economic, behavioral, and even care system barriers can weaken that connection, which may result in delayed or poor quality care. In June 2010, we instituted a Patient Navigator Program in Mt.