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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business Review

Consider that in just the first two months of 2018, 24 health care provider organizations reported data breaches affecting over 1,000 patients each, a 60% increase over the same time period last year. Health Care’s New Frontier. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center.

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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.

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The Harvard Contest That’s Trying to Improve Health Care Delivery

Harvard Business Review

In the fall of 2014, the HBS-HMS Forum on Health Care Innovation launched the inaugural Health Acceleration Challenge — a “scale up” competition that focuses on compelling solutions to problems in health care delivery that have already been implemented at a small scale and have the potential for wider dissemination.

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What Consumers Want Online from Their Health Care Plans - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business Review

About one-third of members are only somewhat to not at all satisfied with their plans’ communications, claims handling operations, and customer support. More than half – 60 percent – want to choose their own wellness/fitness incentives, while online data privacy and security were a concern for 70 percent.

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How to Design a Bundled Payment Around Value

Harvard Business Review

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.

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The Next Battle in Antitrust Will Be About Whether One Company Knows Everything About You

Harvard Business Review

The EU’s case asserts, among other things, that Google unfairly exploits its dominance in search engines and smartphone operating systems to restrict competition in shopping services, ad placement services, and smartphone app store markets. Google has appealed and is now preparing its defense.

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The Military's New Challenge: Knowing What They Know

Harvard Business Review

To address soldiers' and diplomats' increasing need to understand both the cultural and geospatial context of their missions, for instance, defense companies need to become more adept at handling non-traditional sources of data like social media.