Harvard Business Review on Fixing Healthcare from Inside & Out
Author | : Harvard Business Review |
Publisher | : Harvard Business Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2011-04-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781422172117 |
ISBN-13 | : 1422172112 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: How can management cure health care's ills? If you need the best practices and ideas for transforming health care--but don't have time to find them--this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. The HBR articles in this collection propose several remedies: - Organizing doctors into teams - Focusing incentives on patients' recovery - Saving lives and dollars by designing clearer work processes - Sharing knowledge through industry networks - Knocking down barriers to innovation in funding, policy, and technology - Treating common ailments with simpler interventions - Bridging the divide between clinicians and administrators - Ramping up R&D productivity by returning power to scientists