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Hospital Budget Systems Are Holding Back Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Any unit that contemplates acquiring a new technology that would lower the total cost of the patient’s care in the hospital must pay the full price for that technology from its departmental budget or persuade others to co-invest with it, which is not an easy task. Heads of the various service lines/IPUs (e.g.,

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How to Better Manage Your Company’s Utility Bills

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, well-designed retrofits can deliver 20%-50% energy savings with fast payback periods. Investing in such systems today can insulate companies from rising retail prices for grid electricity, eventually saving billions of dollars per year. Invest in on-site renewables, especially solar PV and storage. .”