In a new Harvard Business Review article, Robert S. Kaplan and co-authors reveal how to unblock innovation through reforming hospital financial structures.
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Larry Brilliant speaks about how compassion can motivate us to build a better world, cure disease, eradicate poverty, and – when we all pull together – help the arc of history “bend toward justice.”
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American health care is caught in a vise, squeezed from the positive gains in life expectancy on one side and unsustainable medical costs on the other. Meanwhile, the pace of…
The first line of Robert Kaplan’s 1996 seminal book reads, “Imagine entering the cockpit of a modern jet airplane and seeing only a single instrument.” The analogy suggested it should…
The way we think about it and get it done, how businesses organize it, and its impact on global competitiveness and quality of life – “work” is undergoing a sea…
It’s no secret large organizations have an innovation problem. With deep resource pools and even deeper pockets, they should be breakthrough masters. But when it comes to execution, complexity and…
There is perhaps no greater force for change than a powerful idea. Thousands of ideas have come to life through the Aspen Ideas Festival, commanding the attention – and inspiring…
Technology is quickly infiltrating almost every part of healthcare, creating a need for policymakers to examine the implications for patient safety, quality and the future of the U.S. healthcare system….
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Once relegated to a small corner of a very large conversation on our nation’s broken healthcare system, health IT safety concerns are now firmly in the spotlight – in part,…
For the past 15 years, technology was touted as the cure for the problem of medical mistakes. And since healthcare has gone digital over the past few years, it has…
President Obama said Wednesday he has his pen in hand and is “ready to sign good bipartisan legislation” that will tie more payments for health care services to quality –…
Who among us hasn’t been wowed by the technology on our desktop and in our pocket? But there is one field – arguably our most important industry – in which…
Without question, technology can – and does – bring improved efficiency to our lives. In many sectors, including healthcare, digital innovation continues to streamline many routine tasks, whether it’s booking…
As value-based payment takes hold in health care, the definition of quality and how it’s measured is quickly becoming a significant source of confusion and contention. But according to Scott…
America is aging, and not gracefully. Despite longer life expectancy, today’s generations are sicker than their parents. Half of all adult Americans have at least one chronic condition; more than…
The brain-body bond is powerful – perhaps more so, and in different ways, than most of us realize. In today’s always-on, always-connected society, it seems “mindfulness” is having a moment….
Yesterday, an American missionary doctor just back from volunteering in West Africa was quarantined in New York City – the fourth person to test positive with Ebola in the U.S….
There’s no question the U.S. healthcare system is broken. It’s overloaded, over-administered, over-litigated, and way more costly – in dollars and in lives – than it ever should be. For…
Healthcare is a contentious topic of conversation around many of our dinner tables, but most of us don’t even consider that the food in front of us is a big…
Health care continues to dominate business, government and personal agendas alike – uniting the world through a shared need for new approaches that deliver high quality outcomes of care and…
The U.S. healthcare system is in the midst of major disruption – by mobile technology. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), investment in healthcare tech startups –…
While the controversies and political differences in Washington have captured the attention of most health care consumers, health care practitioners and policymakers are focused on the progress taking place in…
People crave certainty. We lionize those who make bold, articulate predictions about the future just as we hold steadfast to educated, scientific truths asserted by the “authorities.” But what happens…
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