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The Strongest U.S. Healthcare Organizations Invest in Social Capital

Harvard Business

At a time, when financial and human capital are in short supply, it is critical that healthcare leaders focus on building social capital to improve performance and gain competitive advantage. Social capital —the value gained when people work well together — is just as, if not more, important than human or financial capital.

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Consulting Prospect Says “No” Because Their Business is Down: Two Opposing Responses

David A Fields

Let’s say your consulting firm has been wooing Dunn Wenbrok, CEO of the healthcare magazine Sick Times. If a prospect declines your project (or pushes you to lower the fees in your proposal) because the prospect’s company is facing undeniable economic pressure, you could respond in notably different ways.

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Healthcare Industry — The Rise of Vertical Integration

Tom Spencer

In recent years, players in the healthcare industry have strived to create more effective systems in order to improve overall patient outcomes. Traditional ‘fee-for-service’ business models have seen America spend more on healthcare than any other nation and are no longer producing the results that patients need. Vertical Integration.

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How to Regulate Generative AI in Healthcare

Harvard Business

A challenge confronting the Food and Drug Administration — and other regulators around the world — is how to regulate generative AI. The approach it uses for new drugs and devices isn’t appropriate. Instead, the FDA should be conceiving of LLMs as novel forms of intelligence. It should employ similar approaches to those it applies to clinicians.

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Inside COMATCH: Interview with a Healthcare Consultant

Comatch

Independent consultants worldwide are making an enormous impact on the healthcare industry. They work behind the scenes to drive healthcare project initiatives and move complex concepts from initiation to completion. However, the majority of my work is in healthcare. And how do you think companies should better prepare?

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

2 As questions on how to rein in increasing healthcare costs continue to mount, and politicians focus on passing legislation and targeting the pharmaceutical industry, a possible solution may be wearable health devices. The study also anticipated that over 25 years, these devices could help decrease healthcare costs by $200 billon.

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LSA Global Delivers Executive Team Accountability Session for Healthcare Provider

LSA Global

This growing healthcare client wanted to create senior team alignment to meet aggressive growth targets while fending off increased competition and regulations. Approach To create healthcare executive team accountability, LSA Global: 1. Learn more about getting aligned.