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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

An investor-owned hospital executive whose company had acquired major nonprofit health care enterprises compared the proliferation of contracts to the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a freighter. One thing that distinguishes the typical nonprofit from a comparably-sized investor-owned hospital is the number of layers of management.

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FinTech Is Weaving Charitable Giving into Everyday Transactions

Harvard Business

Social purpose is continuing to evolve from a philanthropic niche to a key part of core business strategy, and this shift presents unique opportunities for technology companies, in particular. No strategy is static. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. Sponsored by Accenture. In 2015, more than $10.5

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3 Health Care Trends That Don’t Hinge on the ACA

Harvard Business

Thus, as the population ages, health care services will naturally expand, as will the pressure to find efficient ways to deliver those services. Second, technology has become a pervasive element across the health care system, with a major impact on diagnosis, treatment, and communications.

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