Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? For those interested in improving the management of our organizations (hopefully that matches the readership of this blog) there is value in reading their views on six sigma. Hunter: an Innovator and Catalyst for Quality Improvement.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Army’s efforts to come to grips with a dramatic upsurge in war-related behavioral conditions over the past 13 years holds valuable lessons for bringing precision mental health care to the civilian world. Between 2007 and 2011, more than $2.5 Innovating for Value in Health Care. million to 3.3

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In 1980, the national expenditure on health care in the United States was just over 9% of Gross Domestic Product. According to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, workers’ earnings rose by 47% from 1999 to 2012, but their contribution to health insurance premiums during that time went up by 180%.

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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 6, 2016

Some business pundits today believe innovation ignites better in startups than in large, established corporations. In fact, a lot of big companies have proven they are better positioned than emergent firms to create and execute innovation, however on-fire a startup may be. Laura Schneider FOR HBR. ” I disagree.

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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. A simple question was asked: are hospitals ranked more highly when they are led by medically trained doctors or non-MD professional managers?

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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

APRIL 19, 2017

Ask any sports fan about their favorite team and they will usually spend half the time either cursing or extolling the manager. Apparently, the manager is responsible for every loss, and perhaps even the occasional victory. On the other hand, many people have an ingrained cynicism about the latest management thinking.

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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 12, 2013

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. Leading Health Care Innovation. The Solution.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

This kind of variation is understandably a huge cause of concern at a time when health care costs are widely seen to be spinning out of control. The CMS data provides summary information on nearly 7 million records of the top 100 most frequently performed procedures performed in 2011. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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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. Mayo was the first care-delivery group to receive this delegated authority. Authority and Structure.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

By combining data-driven assessments, targeted engagement of high prescribers, EHR-based interventions, and pharmacist support in care management, Geisinger has dramatically reduced opioid prescribing. Pharmacist-supported pain management. At Geisinger, a healthcare system serving more than 1.5 Engaging high prescribers.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The sharp recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis and the uncertainty created by the 2011 debt crisis have fundamentally reset the world. The real magic is in process innovation. The innovations of the Aravind Eye Care Hospitals go beyond cataract surgery. Which manager typically ends up getting it?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 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. Today, in the year 2011, in the vast majority of American hospitals, doctors write their orders by hand on triplicate forms. So yes, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

Why is growth and innovation in some industries so sluggish? In the last decade, researchers in psychology and management departments across the country have conducted hundreds of studies showing that promotion and prevention motivations lead to different strengths and weaknesses, and very different strategic approaches.

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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

JUNE 9, 2015

Since 2011, I have been working with him to further globalize BAYER’s management. ” Bayer’s capability of being in tune with its global markets was not optimized back in 2011. Promoting from within is less threatening to male managers than rushing to recruit a lot of women from outside.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

When it comes to health care costs, America’s employers are at a crossroads. That means that to control costs going forward, employers may have to confront the true underlying causes of rising health care expenditures: high prices and health care inefficiencies. The Future of Health Care.

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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. A mission-driven payer mix.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

In a 2011 study management teams exhibiting a wider range of educational and work backgrounds produced more-innovative products. On some teams, members were assigned distinct roles (Artistic, Event, and Finance Manager), thus increasing diversity of viewpoints. health care firm.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

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. It will likewise demand new opportunities and innovations, if we are to help those many millions seeking encore careers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

But if they were launching today, banks would likely ask themselves how to accomplish the transactions (deposits, withdrawals, financial management) of banking without the physical commitment of banks. That was why Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma became the bible of the boardroom. Because that's the point. Sharing, not telling.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

For telecom companies like Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T, complying with government requests for information isn''t uncommon: In 2011, Verizon received about 260,000 requests for customer data; AT&T got 49,700 (965 of which it rejected). When the news broke about the U.S. Best Buy and JCPenney are struggling. Grin and Actually Mean It.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

On May 28, 2011, the Boston Globe reported that Carney Hospital President Bill Walczak fired its entire staff of 29 health care delivery employees from a 14-bed locked unit for troubled teens. And within my area of responsibility, we did some exciting, innovative things. You respond with, "You're right.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Home visits enabled me to better detect, diagnose and treat most health conditions. If we hope to rein in health care costs and improve quality, we need, in effect, to bring back the house call. That''s why an estimated, 49% of our health care costs go toward 5% of Medicare beneficiaries. Yet the U.S. Yet the U.S.

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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. Management and leadership skills.

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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. Their IT strategic-planning exercise, with a 24-month outlook, involved 30 stakeholders on the front lines of patient care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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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

JULY 15, 2016

Late in June, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton surprised business leaders by issuing a detailed technology and innovation platform. Liberation of so-called “orphan works” would have been enabled by a proposed settlement in a case involving wholesale scanning by Google Books, but that settlement was scuttled in 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Although rewards were not tied to performance in 2012 (they will be in later years), Pioneer ACOs did better on blood pressure and cholesterol control for beneficiaries with diabetes than did managed-care plans, and better on readmissions relative to the Medicare fee-for-service benchmark. Leading Health Care Innovation.

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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? Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce leader, manages the world’s largest money market fund, and now plays an important role in financial and payment services.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

True health care reform will happen when care is redesigned around the patient, not the doctor or hospital; when the financial incentives reward better health outcomes rather than hospital beds filled; and when the consumer has access to information to make good choices. Innovating for Value in Health Care.

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