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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

The middle layers spend their entire days in meetings or on conference calls, traveling to meetings outside the hospital, or negotiating contracts with vendors. The growth of these costs rivals those of specialty pharmaceuticals and the maintenance and updating of electronic health record systems.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

2000: FTI provided trial graphics and courtroom presentation technology for the highly publicized Bush vs. Gore case to resolve presidential election results. As an outgrowth of a multi-district pharmaceutical case, the firm formed its technology practice, specializing in e-discovery solutions and software. Construction.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

During this same time, IBM and Coopers & Lybrand formed Meritus Consulting Services to provide strategic advice to businesses in the consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, aerospace, and automotive industries. These services focused on business management and information technology. Information Technology.

IBM GBS 203