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Intelligent Redesign of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

As we move forward we need to be mindful of two principles that must be at the heart of any fundamental health care reform: “no margin, no mission” and “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Kaplan and Michael E. Specifically, the center wants estimates of: The costs of caring for groups of patients with similar conditions.

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

These efforts were part of the providers’ quest to increase the value of their care delivery — in other words, achieve better outcomes at the lowest-possible cost. Following this disciplined, transparent approach should enable all medical institutions to improve the value they deliver, medical condition by medical condition.

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