Innovation In Healthcare Delivery - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?

I’m not just a professor and business consultant; I’m also a parent to two kids. As I’ve often mused, the challenges leaders face at home and at work aren’t necessarily all that different. In particular, both contexts leave leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Air Transportation

06 May 2015
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

world of predictive analytics. In it, an innovative technology allows Washington, D.C. to go without a murder for six years by helping Tom Cruise, chief of the Precrime Unit, to identify, arrest, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

they hear the words "national health insurance," but it is disturbing that we fail to provide health care to so many of our citizens. At the same time, firms in the United States are global leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

computer manufacturers to steel mills and retailing, he has discovered consistent patterns in the way technological innovation affects both companies and industries. Health care, he declares, is no... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

Bumping up against accepted theories in process improvement, a new research paper from Harvard Business School questions the value of prioritizing problems identified by frontline employees. Citing a hospital safety improvement program... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

create a bigger problem going forward. Anytime the government manages a risk, it must also manage the moral hazard, and the current crisis is no exception," Moss concluded. Innovation Will Continue University Professor Robert Merton,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

and services with innovative approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation, there is another important step. Pay attention to quality and safety. It takes just one electric vehicle catching on fire, wind turbine blade falling off at an... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

country innovated in ways to minimize physical contact during the test procedure, such as drive-through and phone booth testing facilities, which protected both medical staff and other patients. These sites... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

26 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

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