Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

It’s necessary to have a multidisciplinary team, with clinical, analytics, data science, information technology, and behavior change skill sets available from start to finish. A tool’s value may be quantified in terms of quality improvement, improved patient or clinician satisfaction, or efficiency gains.

Tools 28

Tools Information Technology Information Technology Education 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

For the contracts that remain, and also consulting contracts that are typically of shorter duration, there should be an explicit target return on investment, and the contractor should bear some financial risk for achieving that return. Patients need to flow through them efficiently or the hospital loses money, often in large amounts.

System 36

System Management Nonprofit Operations 36

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future? “We become what we behold,” he wrote.

Change Management 43

Change Management Management Software Productivity 43

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

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

System 29

System Change Management Healthcare Government 29