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Health of the Business Landscape in the U.S.

Coaching Tip

Biggest gains: health care and social assistance (12% growth since 2009, an increase of 6,385 establishments); mining and oil and gas extraction (12%, 1,001); accommodation and food services (10%, 4,276); professional, scientific, and technical services (9%, 5,979). Nearly 30,000 more establishments in 2012 than 2009, up 5%.

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Transforming Health Care Takes Continuity and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. Leading Change in Health Care. Insight Center.

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How to Prepare Yourself for the Executive Chair

Strategy Driven

As organizations expand and grow, the skills that led to success often won’t sustain further development in a more complex, high-stakes environment. If you don’t understand finance and accounting, enroll in a course immediately. If you don’t hold a finance or operations position, consider cross training.

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Hard Questions on Our Transition to Driverless Cars

Harvard Business Review

Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. This distinction is important because the driver is typically the most expensive part of a transport business, be it taxi services, last-mile logistics, or long-haul trucking.

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Safety in 10 Minutes a Day

Harvard Business Review

Most modern health care improvements seem to involve expensive technology and an uncomfortable amount of change management. But clinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day and a special deck of cards. Insight Center.

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New Lessons from Fighting an Ancient Disease

Harvard Business Review

We face a public health emergency. Without adequate financing, ministries of health and even private hospitals in developing countries often don''t have the resources needed to purchase diagnostic equipment, train workers, and ensure access to appropriate treatment. That is, we are after real shared value.

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What Should an Apple Car Be?

Harvard Business Review

Apple is so great at connectivity, aesthetics, and entertainment that any vehicle they develop will incorporate these as table stakes. One way to appeal to this demographic (and to the parents who often finance young drivers’ transportation) is to focus on safety. Is that part of their play in health care?