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Why the World Needs Doctors with These 3 Qualities

Harvard Business Review

health care system, but our five-year research project in India and the U.S. Almost every high-performing health care organization we studied was led by a medical professional (something that academic research has also found ). They view health care as a human right, and they empathize with the plight of patients.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Young scientists will invent energy-saving or health-promoting products, incubate new ventures while still in college, and sell them to markets eager for ways to control energy or health care costs. Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs.

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2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl – Need Any Country be Poor?

Deming Institute

I’d like to focus on a few areas of Dr. Deming’s career that perhaps are under appreciated, not talked about as much as some other areas. Related: A Historical Look at Deming’s Career: Lecture by J. Hunter: an Innovator and Catalyst for Quality Improvement.

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Conflict-of-Interest Rules Are Holding Back Medical Breakthroughs

Harvard Business Review

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. The Leading Edge of Health Care. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Our experiences in both sectors have led us to this conclusion. Insight Center.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business Review

Not long ago, many services such as tax accounting were delivered episodically and in-person, as most health care still is today. Health care has proved resistant to a similar transition, although everyone would benefit. The ideas have also been embraced by public policy makers, health plans, and the general public.

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Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All

Harvard Business Review

But too often, I see leaders focusing on the monthly financials while losing connection to the work and care at the bedside. Earlier in my career, I had the chance to visit leaders such as Jack Welch (GE), Paul O’Neill (Alcoa), and Ralph Larsen (Johnson & Johnson). Leading Health Care Innovation.

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Surefire Predictions and Why Doomsayers are Wrong

Harvard Business Review

Young scientists will invent energy-saving or health-promoting products, incubate new ventures while still in college, and sell them to markets eager for ways to control energy or health care costs. Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs.