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We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts both for local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries in the eve of African independence... View Details

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Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey

By: Michael Anne Kyle, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman and Sara J. Singer

Context: The private sector has a large potential role in advancing health and well-being, but attention to corporate practices around health tends to focus on a narrow range of issues and on large businesses. Systematically describing private sector engagement in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Health Policy; Public Health; Organizations; Health; Policy; Surveys

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Instructor, Pasteur Institute CNAM School of Public Health (Paris, France), Mid-Career professionals from the National Institute of Cancer (INCA) View Details

September 2002
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Memories of Nations and States: Institutional History and National Identity in Post-Soviet Eurasia

By: Rawi Abdelal

Keywords: History; Soviet Union

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January 2020
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Assessing the Safety of Electronic Health Records: A National Longitudinal Study of Medication-related Decision Support

By: A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Melissa Danforth, David Classen and David Bates

Background Electronic health records (EHR) can improve safety via computerised physician order entry with clinical decision support, designed in part to alert providers and prevent potential adverse drug events at entry and before they reach the patient.... View Details

Keywords: Hospital; Electronic Health Records; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Safety; Performance; Quality; Performance Improvement

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July – August 2011
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The Enabling Role of Social Position in Diverging from the Institutional Status Quo: Evidence from the U.K. National Health Service

By: Julie Battilana

This study examines the relationship between social position, both within the field and within the organization, and the likelihood of individual actors initiating organizational changes that diverge from the institutional status quo. I explore this relationship using... View Details

Keywords: Status and Position; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Relationships; Power and Influence; Health Industry; United Kingdom

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National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018

By: David Classen, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth and David Bates

Importance Despite the broad adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems across the continuum of care, safety problems persist. Objective To measure the safety performance of operational EHRs in hospitals across the country during a 10-year period. Design,... View Details

Keywords: Electronic Health Record Systems; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Performance; Safety; Measurement and Metrics; United States

26 Feb 2025
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Elizabeth Kelly, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

07 Dec 2015
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Brian Marcotte of National Business Group on Health talks about the role of employers in health care

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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

economy. The Institute advises national leaders and policymakers on how improve their country’s competitiveness and raise the standard of living using the frameworks and... View Details

26 Jan 2015
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National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

dollars a year—representing 5 to 8 percent of national spending on health care. The biggest factor in these costs was high demands at work, responsible for an estimated $48... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

capita spending on health care in the US in 2017 - the highest of any nation in the world 17.2 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) View Details

May 2014 (Revised March 2016)
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Health City Cayman Islands

By: Tarun Khanna and Budhaditya Gupta

Narayana Health (NH) had been successfully delivering affordable high quality tertiary care to the masses in India through its chain of hospitals for over a decade. To encourage the adoption of the NH affordable care delivery model worldwide, Dr. Shetty, Chairman of... View Details

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Health App Policy: International Comparison of Nine Countries' Approaches

By: Anna Essén, Ariel Dora Stern, Christoffer Bjerre Haase, Josip Car, Felix Greaves, Dragana Paparova, Steven Vandeput, Rik Wehrens and David W. Bates

An abundant and growing supply of digital health applications (apps) exists in the commercial tech-sector, which can be bewildering for clinicians, patients, and payers. A growing challenge for the health care system is therefore to facilitate the identification of... View Details

Keywords: Digital Health; Apps; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Policy; Global Range; Applications and Software

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Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

National Alliance for Health Information Technology and was appointed by President George W. Bush as Chair of the Federal Commission on Systemic Interoperability. The Value... View Details

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Health Care Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Value-Based Health Care Courses Massachusetts General Brigham: VBHCD for Residents and Fellows (In-person) May 7th - 9th, 2025 The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness works in collaboration with the... View Details

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Health Plans - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Health Plans Health Plans It is time for health plans to shift to a new mindset focused on value. Today’s forward-looking View Details

November 10, 2020
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Value-Based Health Care in Four Different Health Care Systems

By: Mjåset Christer, Umar Ikram, Navraj S. Nagra and Thomas W. Feeley

Health care systems across the world have increasingly embraced a value-based health care (VBHC) agenda. They do so for different reasons, using different foundations, and variations on the tools and tactics to effect their strategic goals. The role of governments,... View Details

Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Comparative Analysis; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Global Range; Performance Improvement