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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

Despite spending twice what other developed nations spend on a per capita basis for health care, the United States has a longstanding trend of having lower life expectancy, greater prevalence of chronic disease, and overall poorer health outcomes. Most health systems will need to manage a multitude of reimbursement methodologies.

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Transforming Health Care Delivery to Increase Value - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business

Sustaining Results Achieved Through the Lean Methodology. who specializes in Lean, notes that only about 30% of Lean quality-improvement projects see results sustained beyond three years. Without a doubt, health care is getting more complex—and expensive—and those trends won’t end. What’s Ahead?