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The Decline of the Rural American Hospital and How to Reverse It

Harvard Business Review

There are two kinds of health-care innovation: more-for-more and more-for-less. If you have the money and can travel, the U.S. is the place to take advantage of the latest innovations such as proton-beam cancer-radiation therapy, for which the equipment and facilities cost about $1 billion.

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The Simple Way to Avoid Social Media Failures

Harvard Business Review

With each new technology, there are always a great many mistakes made, at least until we get the hang of it. On a larger scale, the death rate from automobiles was 90% higher in 1925 than it is today, because we've learned from our mistakes and have figured out myriad ways to make car travel safer.

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Giving Patients an Active Role in Their Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Innovating for Value in Health Care. For patients who suffer from chronic or complex conditions, as a Mayo Clinic paper recently argued , the “burden of treatment” must be shouldered alongside the “burden of illness.” Support the Patient through Network-Enabled Technology. Insight Center.