Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Few health care leaders would disagree that the U.S. health care industry needs to drastically change. Over the past two years, we’ve convened health care leaders at roundtables and other events to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face, both inside their organization and from the external market.

Health Care 8

Health Care Management Disruptive Innovation Survey 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2011

area, a move it describes as “driven largely by health care reform, which demands an integrated regional network.&# Many established actors in the health care industry – including insurers, brokers and providers – are searching for ways to increase their market clout. Johns Hopkins is not alone. .&#

Crisis 63

Crisis Health Care Insurance Newsletter 63

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

In health care, the Hippocratic Oath — “first, do no harm” — can hold as much sway in the board room as it does in the exam room. Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. health care has become akin to a smothered child—stifled and arrested.

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. About ten years ago they spread to financial services and, in the past five years, more deeply into health care and services.

Operations 14

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The size and layout of a room, whether a bed sits in the middle or against a wall (even which wall), how much space is maintained for patients to walk versus how many beds or operating equipment can be accommodated, have not been considered predictors of health outcomes in the past. The Future of Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Long-term Mayo Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I came to understand the reason for a phenomenon I had been aware of for years: Medical-center CIOs who are MDs tend to be much better at stating unpleasant truths about IT systems than nonmedical CIOs. Determine the CEO's grasp of the legacy-systems issue in order to make the business case for change. CEOs don't want to hear that.

System 15

System CEO CIO Chief Information Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

When we examined responses by industry, we found that directors in the health care and IT and telecom industries were most likely to consider innovation a top strategic challenge for their firms. As one director noted, “We spend a lot of time on operational strategy — growth, acquisitions, etc.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Investing in training and development, providing career opportunities, paying good wages and benefits, designing jobs to promote teamwork, and engaging employees to find ways to improve operations and customer service all are part of what’s called a high road business and good jobs strategy.

Long-term 8

Long-term Airlines Health Care Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

With its Emerging Businesses (EB) group (where one of us serves as President), Merck started a journey about three years ago with a core investment thesis: there are areas of growing unmet need in health care that intersect with its established competencies.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. The latter was concerned with “measuring long-term progress in the areas of diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and culture.”

TSR 9

TSR Banking Committee Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

As organizations collect increasingly large and diverse data sets, the demand for skilled data scientists will continue to rise. At Stanford, I conducted 35 interviews of data analysts from 25 organizations across a variety of sectors, including health care, retail, marketing, and ?nance.

Analysis 11

Analysis Agility Diversity Tools 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

With this information, public health officials should be able to respond before the issue manifests itself – providing the right prenatal treatments to mitigate birth complications, identifying those most likely to be exposed to lead or finding food establishments most at risk for violations. With this information, data becomes actionable.

Policies 11

Policies Crisis Health Care System 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Systems conceived and built 50-60 years ago should be reimagined for the 20 th century, whether high speed trains, innovative public transit, or technology-enabled roads and vehicles that tap the potential of sensors, smartphones, wireless networks, and Big Data for greener, cleaner, more efficient mobility.

Transportation 8

Transportation Wireless Entrepreneur Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g.,

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

With this information, public health officials should be able to respond before the issue manifests itself – providing the right prenatal treatments to mitigate birth complications, identifying those most likely to be exposed to lead or finding food establishments most at risk for violations.

Policies 8

Policies Crisis Health Care System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2018

These are important findings that give some insight into how race and gender operate together to yield specific outcomes for black women. But they only reveal part of the picture for black workers. Black men, of course, are also present in professional work. .”

Bond 10

Bond Engineering Mentor Health Care 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Transforming Health Care. One member of the RSC Facebook group told us that participating in RSC provides “collaborative input on my own patients and cases from ‘experts’” and reveals “operative options that I hadn’t considered.” Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

As health care reform evolves, large public institutions that offer a health safety net have some advantages over privately owned enterprises. Those are all assets in an era of health care reform. I head one of these institutions: Dallas-based Parkland Health and Hospital Systems.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

It is the more versatile, general-purpose charities — including such well-known, diverse institutions as The United Way Worldwide and the Salvation Army — that are faring the worst. But the financial meltdown has not affected all charities and not-for-profits equally.

Crisis 12

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

An increase in the dynamism and diversity of business environments means that people must adapt their skills more quickly. But it takes too long for new work skills to become codified and for the education system to deliver them. Essential background. “How GE Is Disrupting Itself” 4. Invest in human capital.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Some leading proponents of health care reform have argued that the goal of any health care system should be to deliver the most value to patients : the outcomes achieved for treating a medical condition relative to the costs incurred over a complete care cycle.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Activity Based Costing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Although many European countries currently suffer from high unemployment, some key sectors (including, for example, health care ) suffer from a chronic lack of qualified job-seekers. This sends a powerful signal about Britain’s diversity and openness.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. Some dynamic management system. A system for Quality Control. Capital raising strategies. Risk assessment.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

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.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So instead of creating another pill dispenser, it launched a compliance-enhancing system. In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

As diverse forces such as social media, climate change, urban migration, and sprawl continue to upend the status quo, employing every tool and service available to help societies respond to disruption is critical. Urban digital nervous system. Estonia has only 1.3

Content 8

Content Transportation Osborne Chief Information Officer 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? Health care professionals rank other things higher on the list of priorities. ‘Improving Health Care in America.’

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

There are two reasons such a flexible work system is now plausible. Recent examples include projects at firms such as General Electric, Staples, and dozens of other Fortune 1000 enterprises that span functional areas from marketing to strategy to human resources to operations. The first is societal values.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Bureaucracy Cost Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

Whether it’s solar lighting, mobile authentication, micro-insurance, mobile banking, drinking water, urban sanitation, low-income housing or primary health care, entrepreneurs need time to test, modify, and refine business models. Impact Investing in the Future: Developed clusters across the spectrum.

Development 8

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. Leading Change in Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A CEO could be forgiven for thinking it’s safest to only weigh in on political issues that affect operational and strategic goals, industry dynamics, or a company’s regulatory and policy landscape. But a company’s exposure to a political issue is also determined by its values.

CEO 10

CEO Politics Policies Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It’s hard to overstate the significance — and complexity — of the H-1B visa system in the U.S. It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. Who gets H-1Bs? These are back-end IT workers.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9