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Classic–and Comic–Resistance to Change

Tony Mayo

The nature of organizations, however, is to resist change. That’s why we call them organize-ations, not random-izations or adapt-ations, One common way for organizations to resist innovation and change is for people to collect evidence that any novel tool or procedure is causing problems–even if the [.].

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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

When redesigning the new and expanded emergency room at the Mayo Clinic’s Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo leaders didn’t just want to add more rooms and square feet. Mayo is now evaluating the use of RFID systems in other areas of patient care. and Patricia E.

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The Decline of the Rural American Hospital and How to Reverse It

Harvard Business Review

There are two kinds of health-care innovation: more-for-more and more-for-less. is the place to take advantage of the latest innovations such as proton-beam cancer-radiation therapy, for which the equipment and facilities cost about $1 billion. just has not been desperate enough to foster Indian-style health-care innovation.

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The Biggest U.S. Health Care Challenges Are Management Challenges

Harvard Business Review

A similar share said that outdated or ineffective IT infrastructure is their major roadblock, and almost two-thirds identified either cultural resistance or misalignment with physicians as their biggest obstacle. Disruptive innovation Leadership Change management Healthcare'

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Make Physicians Full Partners in Accountable Care Organizations

Harvard Business Review

Although the partnership model has not yet been tried for ACOs, it has allowed a variety of multi-specialty medical groups — including the Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, and the Geisinger Health System — to achieve superior quality outcomes, outstanding service, and increased affordability. Leading Health Care Innovation.