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A Culture of Quality: An Interview with Laurie Havanec

HR Digest

Employers will need to provide employees with the tools they need to connect, collaborate and innovate no matter where they are working. We have a strong history of collaboration and innovation. Our purpose-driven culture and obsession with caring for our customer is embedded in the fabric of our company.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems.

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When Health Care Providers Look at Problems from Multiple Perspectives, Patients Benefit

Harvard Business Review

The care team ultimately found him a temporary rehabilitation facility where he recovered for two weeks until he was ready to go home. Unfortunately, this collaboration tends to be the exception rather than the norm in many health care organizations. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Insight Center.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead. Be proactive.

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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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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences. People : Recognizes interpersonal difficulties; intuitively understands how others feel; picks up non-verbal cues; empathetic; persuades, teaches, influences.

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