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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

health care system in ways big and small that would either build on or radically revamp the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We reviewed four strategies: the current health care system’s trajectory as is; comprehensive demand-side reform; aggressive supply-side reform; and a combination of demand-side and supply-side reform.

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Get Your Boss Out of Your Bedroom

Harvard Business Review

And yet this illusion to which we so desperately cleave — health care is a private industry! running according to free-market efficiencies! Funneling health insurance access through corporations just adds one more layer of complexity to a system that is already a complete muddle. Adam Smith 4eva! Stalled growth.

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What the Best Nonprofits Know About Strategy

Harvard Business Review

This unwavering focus on an underserved market segment, even when there are others who could benefit from the nonprofit’s programs, drives all aspects of the organization’s strategy, pushing successful nonprofits to design the best solutions for that customer’s situation. Marketing: Forge aligned partnerships.

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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

Harvard Business Review

In the last six years, a Harvard Business School team has worked with dozens of health care organizations to help them understand the true costs of their treatments for many medical conditions. Establishing this committee signaled that implementing value-based health-care delivery was an institutional priority.

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Innovators are Bracket Busters

Harvard Business Review

We work for too many organizations that only fight for market share within well-defined and accepted industry value chains. Solutions for the big social system challenges we face, including education, health care, energy, and entrepreneurship, require more than incremental change. Top seeds are supposed to win. Be an innovator.