LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2011

My colleague Dr. Gordon Self has developed a Mission Discernment Tool for use within Covenant Health (Disclaimer: I also work for Covenant Health). Rather, it is for organization-altering decisions such as: Do we expand into this market? Health Progress. But how exactly does one ‘discern’ the mission?

Strategic Planning 97

Strategic Planning Planning Mission Statement Gordon 97

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

To move from a reactive posture to a proactive leadership position in driving health care reform, large employers have a lever at their fingertips that they have not often deployed in procuring health care: their purchasing power. Providers and health plans are service suppliers paid by employers.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2011

My colleague Dr. Gordon Self has developed a Mission Discernment Tool for use within Covenant Health (Disclaimer: I also work for Covenant Health). Rather, it is for organization-altering decisions such as: Do we expand into this market? Health Progress. But how exactly does one ‘discern’ the mission?

Strategic Planning 90

Strategic Planning Planning Mission Statement Gordon 90

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

It is a widely held belief among health care leaders that comparing their hospitals and clinics to peers is very important. health care quality and safety is abysmal: The evidence suggests that between 240,000 to 400,000 deaths occur each year due to medical errors. Leading Change in Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Process Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

For too long, employers have outsourced management of their employees’ health care benefits to those with little incentive to improve value. Engage health systems in change. The HTA “anticipates delivering better health care while reducing costs” through its members’ collective work.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Company Presenteeism 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Much has been written about the troubling lack of women in leadership roles generally and in health care in particular. So we embarked on an in-depth study of our own employees, based on a proprietary, multi-faceted process we use for market research. The Future of Health Care. Jenner Image/Getty Images.

Positioning 10

Positioning Leadership Health Care Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. But nowhere is the potential of this new era of opportunity more apparent and exciting than it is in health care. They can pinpoint treatments that sustain health in a more precise way than ever before. But not for long.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Instead, they question the motives of a company for even offering a wellness program, which they slam as an “employee control tool” and “a marketing tool for health plans.” Many companies may have instituted workplace wellness programs initially as a way to reduce health care costs. Fiscal responsibility. Perspicacity.

Health Care 8

Health Care Absenteeism Presenteeism Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

Lean production , which includes a vastly expanded role for front-line workers in addressing problems, was brought to the United States by Toyota in its auto plants but has now spread to health care, professional services, and virtually every other industry. So schools need to step up.

Lean Production 8

Lean Production Operations Health Care Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Will Wolf, the Global Head of Talent Acquisition & Development said that even if employees are not interested in the offered roles, “they are blown away that we’re going out of our way to try to find them something interesting and new.”. It’s no coincidence that this sounds like consumer marketing. Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

Human Resources 11

Human Resources Information Technology Report Human Capital 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

But human resources departments can reconfigure their offerings so they are embraced, not resented. Second, wellness has become a marketing tool for health plans, nowhere more so than at Aetna. Health Human resources' There are four fundamental flaws in many wellness programs. Stop weighing employees.

Human Resources 9

Human Resources Guidelines Morale Insurance 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries. Economy Hiring Human resources'

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

If you believe this is a problem confined to the developing world, consider this: The rate of maternal mortality in the United States has doubled in the past 20+ years. This is essential to developing services she will use and, longer term, putting into place solutions that will have a lasting impact. The private health sector ?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Here’s how most employers deal with the health care services they offer their employees and their dependents.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

In an interview he told us: “SASB has now issued standards for 45 industries in six sectors The specific issues we examine for human capital include labor relations; fair labor practices; employee health, safety and wellbeing; diversity and inclusion; compensation and benefits; and recruitment, development and retention.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The traditional fee-for-service reimbursement model is widely acknowledged to be a major driver of escalating health care costs. Harvard Pilgrim agreed to join the effort because it recognized that traditional payment models were unlikely to help control rising health care costs. The Motives of the Pilot’s Members.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Demographers are predicting that more than half the children born in the developed world since 2000 will live to 100. Consider Prudential's recent marketing campaign, prominently featuring Day One stories — tales of the first day of retirement. This storyline is enjoying a resurgence today.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Finance Human Capital 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

They develop action plans. And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.).

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Business development. Everyone knows that dentists, nurses, social workers and respiratory therapists are all health care professionals. Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. The Big Picture.

Consultative 59

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 59

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Market focus. Insight Center.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers. Human resources. These may involve new areas for the company (e.g.,

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

The options for getting work done — beyond regular full-time employment — are increasing and, in a world of constant change, we should be asking not simply whether a worker should be categorized as an employee or a contractor but whether regular full-time employment is really the only way to deliver high pay and marketable skills.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Globalization Health Care Innovation 8