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Health Care Reforms That Work

Harvard Business Review

First, they are responsible for contributing a large chunk of patients into the health care system, especially in developed countries like the US. All of our new policies and efforts to provide affordable health care could pale in comparison to the exponentially rising costs associated with these diseases and their demographics.

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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. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. Unfortunately, few expect a change in the 9.6 percent unemployment rate.

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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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Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly 8:25 AM Tuesday November 30, 2010 by Joshua Gans | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print This years holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion.

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The Social Disparity Behind America’s Growing Obesity Gap

Harvard Business Review

Between 2003 and 2010, obesity rates among teens whose parents have no more than a high-school education rose from about 20% to 25%. By comparison, only one in 10 teens with college-educated parents said they had done no sports or exercised in the previous week. But underneath the aggregate trend lies a striking social disparity.

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Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations: Lessons from Year 1

Harvard Business Review

Others cite the nine organizations leaving the program and the humbling results of a prior ACO experiment in Medicare — the Physician Group Practice Demonstration (PGPD) that ran from 2005 to 2010 — as reasons to be pessimistic. The basic market failures in health care are still with us. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. For comparison, they hold around 0.6%–0.7% It allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs that can be challenging to fill. jobs overall.)