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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Disciplines

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Casey Mackert, Director of Baldrige Services and Dr. Jan Garfield, Baldrige Client Coach at Six Disciplines Consulting Services in Findlay, Ohio, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The

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The Power of Digitalizing Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business Review

The acceleration of digital technology has enabled the disruption of many disparate industries. Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. The proliferation of mobile apps to help people manage their own health promises to make a real change in individuals’ lives.

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11 Things the Health Care Sector Must Do to Improve Cybersecurity

Harvard Business Review

That reality was made painfully clear in mid-May, when a cyberattacker using WannaCry ransomware crippled health care institutions and many other kinds of organizations around the world. In 2015 over 113 million Americans health records were exposed, and in 2016 the number was over 16 million, according to reports submitted to the U.S.

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3D Printing Is Already Changing Health Care

Harvard Business Review

But it wasn’t until recent advances in the technology that people really began to take notice. And although the industry saw a slight slowdown in 2015, innovations with 3D-printed products are visible among a wide range of industries. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has been around since 1984. Insight Center.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes. We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. We know this because in India innovators have found ways to deliver high-quality care to everyone — rich, poor, and virtually penniless — and make money doing it.

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Stop Decorating the Fish

Skip Prichard

They start by sharing the “Seductive Seven” which is a list of common tactics organizations may use to respond to problems: More technology. For example, we can see data dashboards, organization charts, spreadsheets, new strategic plans, or the latest new technology trend bouncing around social media. The Seductive Seven. More money.