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Health Care Is an Investment, and the U.S. Should Start Treating It Like One

Harvard Business Review

We invest billions of dollars each year in medicines, new technologies, doctors, and hospitals—all with the goal of improving health, arguably our most prized commodity. health care system woefully underperform relative to those made in health care in other countries. Yet, investments in the U.S.

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How One Company Contained Health Care Costs and Improved Morale

Harvard Business Review

Instead of simply providing health insurance, savvy employers are tackling health care costs by supporting the whole employee—everything from their finances to their career development to physical health. The health of the American workforce is declining , reducing both productivity and company earnings.

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How to Get Health Care Employees Onboard with Change

Harvard Business Review

Innovating for Value in Health Care. In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. Insight Center.

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Will Africa’s Growth Help Africa’s People?

Harvard Business Review

They need education, health care, decent wages, access to finance. Leadership, good governance, commitment to the rule of law, and an enabling environment to attract investment. Without a solid consensus over the financing and resources needed, goals remain simply wishes. We are investing.

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One Way to Prevent Clinician Burnout

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes the endless discussion about burnout in health care creates its own form of burnout — a sense of hopelessness about being able to stop an epidemic. Unfortunately, the health care environment adds stresses and rewards that are external to the care of patients and that demand a qualitatively different response.

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New Lessons from Fighting an Ancient Disease

Harvard Business Review

We face a public health emergency. Without adequate financing, ministries of health and even private hospitals in developing countries often don''t have the resources needed to purchase diagnostic equipment, train workers, and ensure access to appropriate treatment. That is, we are after real shared value.

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What to Know Before You Sign a Payment-by-Results Contract

Harvard Business Review

Health care. And the Health Care Transformation Task Force , a newly formed coalition of private insurers and provider organizations in the U.S., recently announced that its members are committing to transform 75% of their contracts into pay-for-performance models by 2020.