Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Align Systems ). Innovate Purposefully ). Discipline III. Discipline IV. Discipline IV.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 98

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Align Systems ). Innovate Purposefully ). Discipline III. Discipline IV. Discipline IV.

System 85

System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 85

Leading Blog

APRIL 18, 2012

The Primes are 46 universal patterns of group behavior that show up every time people join up in groups to solve problems, drive change, and transform systems. Fixing involves corporate improvement programs like Activity Based Costing, Six Sigma and others.”These and “How do you help people to see the same ‘whole thing’?”

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Six Sigma Activity Based Costing Follow-up System 279

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The health care industry has survived economically by cross-subsidizing margin shortfalls in one activity with the revenues generated from others. But the very existence of these cross-subsidies is symptomatic of deep flaws in the health care reimbursement system. The actionable cost savings from process improvement.

Health Care 8

Health Care Kaplan Porter Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The second issue was Harvard Pilgrim’s existing IT system, which had been designed to support the fee-for-service model. The insurer agreed to bypass the system and use manual procedures in the pilot study to track and bill patients and pay providers. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Two pioneers in establishing such a centralized group are the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), a specialty hospital for musculoskeletal care based in New York City.

Health Care 8

Health Care Management Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

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. Every Mayo value-improvement project tests one or more innovations for improving the value of care. Select a project team. Engage local physicians.

Mayo 8

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