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Impact of Low Health Literacy on the Healthcare Industry

Tom Spencer

As the American health system continues to find ways to improve care and do so at a lower cost, one of the most costly aspects for the healthcare industry is high administrative costs due to low healthcare literacy. The national report noted that health insurance companies spend $26 more on a patient with lower healthcare literacy.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

The San Francisco office is focused mainly (but not exclusively) on technology & telecommunications, private equity, healthcare, retail & consumer goods, and utilities & energy. It is the home of McKinsey’s Technology Business Practice and also offers a whole spectrum of Healthcare services to boot.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. But the government audit practice is the largest practice in the area.

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#CrisisRoundup of Awesome Links: Week of September 8, 2014

Melissa Agnes

This week I’ve been trying to jam two work weeks into one as I’ll be traveling to the middle east next week – Dubai to be precise – to speak to healthcare delegates at a GCC government conference. How is it Friday already? Where does time go?

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How AI Is Taking the Scut Work Out of Health Care

Harvard Business

When we think of breakthroughs in healthcare, we often conjure images of heroic interventions — the first organ transplantation, robotic surgery, and so on. Because most healthcare fax numbers are public, doctors also receive scores of pizza menus, travel specials, and other “junk faxes.” Remember those?

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How The UAE and Saudi Arabia Are Doing Great Things on Social Media

Melissa Agnes

Two weeks ago I was in Dubai presenting a 6 hour workshop on the use of social media and mobile technology for emergency management, to the GCC healthcare sector. As all of my travels around the world, the experience was enlightening and inspiring.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Corporate Governance. Healthcare. While you can and should expect to travel a lot, they do try to keep travel regional, so you won’t be crossing time zones every 4 days. 2014) #14 – Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firms. Is Healthcare Spending Really Dropping? Global Forensics and Disputes.