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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. And yet, when I go “outside,” I constantly see health care providers working brilliantly together in innovative ways that I had not even imagined. Transparency at University of Utah Health Care. health care work.

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. And yet, when I go “outside,” I constantly see health care providers working brilliantly together in innovative ways that I had not even imagined. Transparency at University of Utah Health Care. health care work.

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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.

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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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Patients Make Better Medical Choices with Coaching

Harvard Business Review

The Patient Support Corps seeks to change that by giving patients the tools to make more-informed choices about their care. The idea of patient navigators is a relatively recent phenomenon in health care. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Harold Freeman pioneered the concept in 1990 in Harlem. Insight Center.

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The Cure for the Not-for-Profit Crisis

Harvard Business Review

have dropped by billions — down 11% in 2010 alone, according to a recent report from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Since 2010, we've been conducting an ongoing survey of managers' attitudes about the strategies of their organizations ( click here to take the not-for-profit version of the profiler). Why the disparity?

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How Mayo Clinic Is Using iPads to Empower Patients

Harvard Business Review

An effort under way at the Mayo Clinic shows how such technology can be used to improve outcomes and lower costs in health care. Defining the care a patient can expect to receive and what the road to recovery will look like is crucial. Source: Mayo Clinic. Source: Mayo Clinic. Implementation.

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