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Engaging Medical Specialists in Improving Health Care Value

Harvard Business Review

It is critical to have physicians intimately involved in these efforts, yet hospitals and health systems struggle to engage them in improving care. Furthermore, much of the focus on health care redesign has been on primary care physicians, despite the fact that specialty care is responsible for the majority of health care spending.

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Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit

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. At first blush, it would appear that entrepreneurship is alive and well in health care. Will it come?

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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. Why Can’t U.S.

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Vaccine Literacy, a Crucial Healthcare Innovation

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. The scientific, medical and public health establishment continues to provide evidence of the value of immunization. This means that nearly 23.5

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What Are The Pros And Cons of A PEO?

ExactHire - Leadership

When you dreamed about growing your business, you probably didn’t imagine that you’d need to become an expert in labor regulations, health care mandates, and safety guidelines, along with HR administration, payroll, benefits and compliance. The Affordable Care Act did more than raise premiums. PEO Group Insurance.

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How Discrimination Against Female Doctors Hurts Patients

Harvard Business Review

The percentage of enrollees who were women had reached 40% in 2010, and now stands at approximately 30%.). The underrepresentation of women in medicine is well-documented , with women making up more than half of medical school entrants but fewer than 35% of all active physicians in the U.S.

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