Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

It is a widely held belief among health care leaders that comparing their hospitals and clinics to peers is very important. health care quality and safety is abysmal: The evidence suggests that between 240,000 to 400,000 deaths occur each year due to medical errors. Leading Change in Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Physicians, nurses, and others who work on the front lines of patient care are an important potential source for innovations that could improve patients’ health and reduce the cost of care. Boston Children’s Hospital designed an innovation accelerator to overcome these hurdles. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

Low-risk expectant mothers pay a high price for unnecessary prenatal appointments in the form of time away from work and associated lost wages or personal days, child care costs, and so on. The Leading Edge of Health Care. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

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. Develop standards for QIPs. Develop standards for meaningful participation by individual physicians.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". But the interesting point here is that this growth is not confined to the natural resource sector; the increased economic activity has led to the development of complementary sectors. One such is General Electric.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A post that neatly distilled a problem, framed an important question, and led to much commentary was Vijay Govindarajan's The $300 House: A Hands-On Lab for Reverse Innovation? Another post that reminded us that the developed world has much to learn from the developing one was What Poor Countries Can Teach Rich Ones About Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

A study published in 2011 examined CEOs in the top-100 best hospitals in USNWR in three key medical specialties: cancer, digestive disorders, and cardiovascular care. The course culminates in a team-based innovation project presented to hospital leadership. Might there be a general message here?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In addition to developing programs on pain-management for our broad clinician population, we targeted a focused group of high prescribers. Among patients with chronic non-cancer pain, we’ve seen reduced health care utilization, including fewer emergency department visits. Engaging high prescribers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

As Chad Syverson at the University of Chicago wryly noted in his 2011 round-up of the evidence on what drives productivity : “…no potential driver of productivity differences has seen a higher ratio of speculation to actual empirical study” than management. And while this study focused on U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

If the health care industry followed suit, the impact on the quality and cost of care, the patient’s experience, and innovation could be enormous. Ultimately, this type of innovation serves the end customer — creating better functionality and experience for the user. Leading Change in Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

As health care reform evolves, large public institutions that offer a health safety net have some advantages over privately owned enterprises. Those are all assets in an era of health care reform. I head one of these institutions: Dallas-based Parkland Health and Hospital Systems. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. For us, good business and social innovation are one and the same.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

But our company makes software that is used across dozens of industry verticals — automotive, health care, hospitality, and the public sector — each with their own specific needs and goals. Our intention for Hook & Loop was not to hire the best and brightest software developers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Demographers are predicting that more than half the children born in the developed world since 2000 will live to 100. Today tens of millions of 50-, 60-, and 70-somethings say they are eager to apply their accumulated skills in areas like education, health, and the environment. They want to create a better world for future generations.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

That breakthrough is value-based care, the goal of which is to lower health care costs and improve quality and outcomes. Not everyone, however, is onboard yet, because part of the value-based equation is that hospitals will be paid less to deliver better care. How the Health Care World Will Change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Even health care is harking back to the days of the house call. A Texas A&M study forecasts that by 2020 Americans will spend 45 hours per year tied up in traffic (compared to 38 hours in 2011). So the inclination to work at home, or use some form of mass transit, is only going to increase.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

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. What we describe as a "health care system" is no system at all. But technology alone will not deliver lower costs and safer care.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

To meet these challenges, we believe academic medicine must embrace disruptive innovation in its core missions: educating the next generation of health professionals, offering comprehensive cutting-edge patient care, and leading biomedical and clinical research. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Precision medicine innovations are driven by complex analysis of massive data sets, with researchers querying data derived from thousands of patients for each cancer type. The Leading Edge of Health Care. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Health care , which receives a huge tax break (employer-sponsored health care plans are paid for with pre-tax dollars). It may be true that we value homes and health care just as much as we value iPhones and high-definition TVs, but there is a big difference between them in terms of trade.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

But, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average number of births per woman declined during each of the four years following 2007, dropping to 1.89 (preliminary estimate) — below replacement rate of 2.10 — in 2011. Provide World-Class Child Care. Children require care, yet the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

That’s something any forward-thinking provider must aim for in today’s data-driven health care environment. Leading Change in Health Care. In December 2011, my wife was diagnosed with stage IIIA breast cancer with a specific type of tumor. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum. Precision medicine.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

health care system that won’t change. As a result, regardless of how the law evolves, tremendous opportunities will remain for consumers, medical providers, health care payers, and investors to shape and improve the health care system. The Leading Edge of Health Care. it is now 37.9,

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Without these term limits, the congress has no reason to include themselves in the health care system they impose on us. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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