Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. They also do not represent sustainable, long-term change. Patients need to flow through them efficiently or the hospital loses money, often in large amounts.

System 35

System Management Nonprofit Operations 35

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

A tool’s value may be quantified in terms of quality improvement, improved patient or clinician satisfaction, or efficiency gains. One measure that is likely to resonate for management is reduced readmissions among Medicare patients, as hospitals may be financially penalized for readmissions.

Tools 28

Tools Information Technology Information Technology Education 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 38

Survey Tools Industry Automotive 38

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. Sustaining change is a lot easier when those conditions are in place.

How To 28

How To Healthcare Operations Leadership 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

We found leaders who talk a good game, but have no impact; leaders who make everything look great while they’re there, but everything falls apart after they leave; and leaders who improve the schools’ long-term financial performance, but exam results stay the same. Soldiers like efficiency and order.

Education 28

Education Study Financial Resources 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

The initiatives included streamlining patient administration in a hospital, implementing a customer-relationship-management (CRM) system in a financial services organization, rolling out a global enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) system for a pharmaceutical company, and promoting collaboration in a technology company.

Tools 28

Tools Construction System Retail 28

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The event will be of interest to project controls engineers, project leaders/managers, resource managers, change management experts, risk managers, business consultants, and more.

Industry 52

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

To survive, they require significant support including rewards that reinforce teamwork, an effective meeting/communications structure and a supportive culture. This ordered hierarchy was an efficient way to denote ‘who did what’. Example : We worked with a client company (120 employees) in the financial services sector.

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40