Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In 1980, the national expenditure on health care in the United States was just over 9% of Gross Domestic Product. According to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, workers’ earnings rose by 47% from 1999 to 2012, but their contribution to health insurance premiums during that time went up by 180%.

Health Care 8

Health Care Constraint Budgeting Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The shift from volume-based to value-based health care is inevitable. Although that trend is happening slowly in some communities, payers are increasingly basing reimbursements on the quality of care provided, not just the number and type of procedures. at Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota, compared with 13.2% nationally.

Health Care 8

Health Care Business Model Mayo Short-term 8

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. I see three forces behind this trend: 1. But improvement has improved. But improvement has improved.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Many hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic , are implementing a variety of strategies to improve the patient experience —an issue that’s rapidly becoming a top priority in health care. The Accountable Care Act now links performance related to patient-experience metrics to reimbursement. National trends in data on the U.S.

Health Care 9

Health Care COO Operations Storytelling 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Medical science has enabled our health care system to deliver outcomes that would have been impossible a generation ago, and advances in fields such as genomics and stem-cell therapy offer immense promise to further accelerate medical innovation. We must strive to move beyond our own experiences.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Porter System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most large corporations will admit to struggling with innovation. But in reality most companies, particularly those that manage to last for any reasonable period of time, do day-to-day innovation extremely well. When the company rides an enabling trend. Innovation' Your television picture quality is significantly better.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Costs Trends Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Hospital consolidation is on the rise , a trend that shows no signs of abating as providers try to streamline back-end operations and deploy big data analytics in hopes of improving outcomes and lowering costs. Practices like these are a tiny minority yet they highlight important issues for our health care system.

Health Care 8

Health Care Gordon Travel Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

The only way to thrive, or even survive, these managers conclude, is to find workers who can co-create value with customers and constantly improve operations. This same approach has also been used effectively in software and health care. The Future of Operations. The problem is not surprising. Insight Center.

Development 8

Development Call Center Operations Health Care 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. Today, though, many of those characteristics are in flux much of the time.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

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.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

Despite spending twice what other developed nations spend on a per capita basis for health care, the United States has a longstanding trend of having lower life expectancy, greater prevalence of chronic disease, and overall poorer health outcomes. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Transportation Cost System 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. But companies in this state often face increasing pressure to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs in their legacy businesses, and this pressure attracts opportunistic disruptors.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

To guide companies in innovative ways, boards must know what innovative looks like. At old line retailer JC Penney, Ron Johnson, the former head of Apple's retail operation, was recently appointed CEO — though the news of late calls into question how well these marriages of new and old worlds will fare.

Retail 14

Retail CEO Health Care Middle Management 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

How would we deliver care to a population overburdened with severe mental illness, food insecurity (the lack of consistent access to enough food to lead an active, healthy life) and early-onset chronic diseases — and do so in locations as disparate as Tennessee and Iowa? The Future of Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The Future of Operations. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. For instances, the aging of baby boomers is predictably driving the growth of health-care-related occupations. First of all, it turns out that the productivity explanation for sector trends is incomplete. Insight Center.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 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. Today, though, many of those characteristics are in flux much of the time.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Is it more imagination or innovation? Their stories — and the five wider trends they reflect — help illustrate what it means to be a creative marketer today. Kaiser Permanente believes that as health care becomes more consumer-oriented, the digital experience becomes a key differentiator.

Creativity 13

Creativity Marketing Agility Budgeting 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Using our robust data archive system which captures electronic health record, medical and prescription claims, and other information, we create dashboard displays for use by leadership, operational teams, and clinicians to reveal population-level trends and identify patients and clinicians for targeted interventions.

System 10

System Health Care Review Focus Group 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

It grows out of insights in fields like high-performance sports science, cognitive science, and health care. It's an emerging trend. We can take some guidance from the health-care field. PatientsLikeMe and 23andMe are the leading operators of researcher-organized, crowdsourced health research studies.

Health Care 8

Health Care Participative Wireless Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Although the impact of each company’s decision is small, this cumulative trend contributes to the growing inequality of wealth and the stagnation of middle-class earnings, reinforcing the deeply entrenched poverty of nearly 50 million Americans. And the repurchase trend has accelerated radically.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The trend sees big companies such as CVS Health, State Street, and American Express evolving small hiring programs for opportunity youth, driven by corporate social responsibility, into core business strategy (see our study “Hidden Talent: How Smart Companies Are Tapping into Unemployed Youth” ).

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2011

The operative word here is "different" — a new perspective or new lens to view an issue. Having industry experts speak about trends in your industry is a good first step. For example, the health care industry has studied hotel and food companies for lessons in hospitality and food preparation.

Executive Coaching 14

Executive Coaching Hotels Health Care Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Here’s how most employers deal with the health care services they offer their employees and their dependents.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

If the health care industry followed suit, the impact on the quality and cost of care, the patient’s experience, and innovation could be enormous. Ultimately, this type of innovation serves the end customer — creating better functionality and experience for the user. Leading Change in Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Incentives Technology System 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities. This approach was credible as long as economic inequality was kept within reasonable bounds. Essential background.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. Trends come and go… the latest is not necessarily the best. Some of the old ways really work better… and should not be dismissed just because they are old or some fashionable trend of the moment looks better. by Hank Moore.

Planning 58

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

Augusto was officially the head of operations, but his real job was as the right-hand man of the company''s diretor presidente, who had informally dubbed him "head of customer satisfaction." The overall trend was downward, and the price erosion led to a steady decline in margins. Cora was the sales director. Look around you.

Case Study 8

Case Study Discount Price Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In today's world, start-ups aren't the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 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. They are: productivity, innovation, stress management, health & wellness, team/group development, and. creativity.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

If you've ever spent time in a hospital — either as a patient, staff member, or visitor — then you know that institutional health care is extremely complicated by nature. And yet recent trends are proving that their best just isn't good enough. occupational therapy or rehab), and many more.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma Health Care Transportation Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The seven full time employees form a nucleus, or core group to handle program management, operations, and communications. Some would argue — myself among them — that this number would be larger if portable health care existed. But the point for organizations is that this freelance workforce is not a fad, or a trend.

Participative 15

Participative Decentralization Globalization Cost Center 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

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. on H-1B visas, boost the economy by increasing innovation, productivity, and sometimes even employment. But in April, just after U.S.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Climate change, building a clean economy, reducing inequality and raising wages, providing health care to support general wellbeing — all are big unknowns now. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8