Remove 2010 Remove Health Care Remove Marketing Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Teamwork: Sharing the Blame! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

The historic health care bill that is now on its. Get a whole team to be pattern aware and you have a winning combination that is the standard for the whole company. Related posts: The mystery of Agent Stan Conch…SOLVED! Do you know Agent Stan Conch? More importantly, can you. Are We Too Busy to Be Healthy? Unhappy employees?

Teamwork 184
article thumbnail

What the CVS-Aetna Deal Means for the Delivery of U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

The landscape for the delivery of health care in the United States is changing, but the traditional care-delivery players are not the change agents. The ramifications for traditional care providers typically dominated by hospitals is going to be big and may happen fast. Carol Yepes/Getty Images. But back to the insurers.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Mobile Phones Can "Reverse Innovate" Health Care

Harvard Business Review

One of the notable differences between emerging markets and the developed world is the ubiquity of mobile phones in emerging markets. Many communities in emerging markets receive their front-line primary health care from community health care workers. A parallel pilot project is ongoing in the UK.

article thumbnail

Companies for Social Good

Women on Business

This became very important after the 2010 earthquake devastated the country. Through their certification program consumers can see the difference between companies marketing social good and those practicing it. They are creating curriculum focused on math, science, technology and engineering. we are each dependent upon another.

Company 196
article thumbnail

The Innovation Health Care Really Needs: Help People Manage Their Own Health

Harvard Business Review

Finally, health care, which has been largely immune to the forces of disruptive innovation , is beginning to change. Whereas new technologies, competitors, and business models have made products and services more affordable and accessible in media, finance, retail, and other sectors, U.S. health care keeps getting costlier.

article thumbnail

How to Turn Employees Into Value Shoppers for Health Care

Harvard Business Review

we fret that our health care system costs too much. But, given the structure of health insurance, the question should not be “Why are prices so high?” The lack of price sensitivity on the demand side of the health care market cannot but influence strategies on the supply side. health care system.

article thumbnail

The U.S. Can’t Count on Technology to Revive the Job Market

Harvard Business Review

Technology to the rescue? One of the promising areas supported by technology is at the intersection of the internet and online technologies with the physical world: the “internet of things” (IoT). The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.