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What Is The Future Of Ageing Populations?

The Horizons Tracker

An ageing society not only presents obvious challenges in terms of healthcare and retirement, but also in the workplace as baby boomers begin to leave the workforce in large numbers, taking valuable expertise with them. A new report from the UK’s Government Office for Science adds its considerable expertise to the debate.

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Simple Digital Technologies Can Reduce Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

Innovating for Value in Health Care. Digital therapeutics are being increasingly validated in clinical trials published in peer-reviewed medical journals and are available or are being developed for most chronic diseases. Training programs, pilots, or short-term trials may be available. Insight Center. Cost structure.

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Rushing Back From Covid-19 Could Be Hugely Dangerous

The Horizons Tracker

This approach provides the best outcomes in terms of both health and the economy. Data was sourced from a wide range of peer-reviewed sources, to give them a full picture of the pandemic. These models typically divide people into one of four compartments: those who are susceptible, exposed, infectious, or recovered.

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How Leaders Can Help Others Influence Them

Harvard Business Review

But my peer-review literature search revealed no similar ways to assess how willing leaders are to be influenced or how transparent they are about how they can best be influenced. And beyond the general term “open-minded,” we don’t have common words for talking about degrees to which we are open to being influenced.

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How Brigham & Women’s Funds Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business Review

One of the biggest challenges in health care is how to provide innovative, high technology specialty care while reining in costs at the same time. To date, these innovations have saved an estimated $4 million in annual medical expenses while decisively improving quality. Improving the transition to long-term acute care rehab.