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Quotes to Note from Superabundance

The Practical Leader

Last week’s review of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet generated a good LinkedIn discussion in The Letter Leader. Infinite Innovation: Unlimited Possibilities The world is a closed system in the way that a piano is a closed system.

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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. jennifer maravillas for hbr.

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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.

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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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A Role for Specialists in Resuscitating Accountable Care Organizations

Harvard Business Review

health care are Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) — networks of doctors, hospitals and usually payers banded together to rein in costs by providing higher quality, better coordinated care, with primary care doctors central to the process. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Integrating Maintenance of Board Certification and Health Systems’ Quality-Improvement Programs

Harvard Business Review

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.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

They have no end of theories, analysis, possible futures and "what if" scenarios. They have no end of theories, analysis, possible futures and "what if" scenarios. Whether they are analyzing the numbers, or conceiving of new directions in which to take the firm, they love to operate in the world of ideas.

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