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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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Companies for Social Good

Women on Business

Companies like Weyerhaeuser understand that caring about the environment and the impact a company makes can coincide with making a profit and providing shareholder value. reported that IBM, Motorola, Microsoft, Cisco, and Verizon are partnering with five Chicago High Schools to offer career training for students.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

The research shows that men are 16 percent more inquisitive than women, possibly due to their tendency to gravitate towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers that reinforce inquiry. Fact 3: Considerable personality gaps exist between the sexes in inquisitiveness, sensitivity and impulsiveness.

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How to Partner with Outside Innovators in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

To accelerate innovation in healthcare technology we need to give creative people who don’t have traditional health science backgrounds more opportunities to participate. Health Care’s New Frontier. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

Many adult health care outcomes are shaped in childhood. Current models of pediatric primary care do little to address these “non-medical” causes and consequently have been largely ineffective in preventing adult disease. Reforming primary care pediatrics therefore has great potential for improving overall U.S.

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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business Review

Several studies (including this one ) have shown that doctors want to be led by other doctors; they trust physician leaders to make the right decisions about redesigning health care delivery and balancing quality and cost. acute care hospitals, rehab clinics, physician practices, and urgent care centers).

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The Social Side of Auto-Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Researchers found that participants' estimates were consistently off the mark, and off the mark in the same way: They underestimated. The mean of participants' self-reported value was 6.8 It grows out of insights in fields like high-performance sports science, cognitive science, and health care. It's an emerging trend.