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The Joy of Facts

Next Level Blog

Reid talk about what he learned in writing his book about health care, The Healing of America. Reid travelled around the world twice – once on his publisher’s dime and again to film a documentary for PBS – to learn about how health care is delivered in different countries. We have the best health care system in the world.”

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Task Shifting Could Help Lower Costs in U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

This simple idea — that one should match the skill level of the individual to the skill requirements of a task — has influenced how many businesses operate. The task shifting logic also applies to health care. health care. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

The cognitive and emotional demands on managers have rarely been more complicated or intense. One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. Transforming Health Care.

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Conflict-of-Interest Rules Are Holding Back Medical Breakthroughs

Harvard Business Review

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. The Leading Edge of Health Care. These scenarios are seldom contemplated in institutional management of conflicts of interest. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” Who’s Afraid of Data-Driven Management? In the rush to ask “What can HR analytics predict?”

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Better Questions to Ask Your Data Scientists

Harvard Business Review

In the end, analysts are left uncertain about how to proceed, and managers are frustrated when the information they get isn’t what they intended. For example, advertising managers may ask analysts, “What is the most efficient way to use ads to increase sales?” HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers.

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A Model Stakeholder Strategy from the Garment Industry

Harvard Business Review

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. We have positioned ourselves not just as a productivity-driving force but also as an agent of society by investing in education and health care for our people.