Healthcare sector

Companies say they want breakthrough products, but most are far more adept at making incremental improvements to existing lines. A pioneering division at 3M successfully navigated a process that leads to breakthrough thinking.

Lessons from Geisinger Health's four-stage approach.

And no one is talking about it.

The boldest reforms start with the patient.

Your entire day revolves around willpower.

Lois Quam had three babies and took on two high-profile jobs—within 23 months. But she found that the family demands she faced made her a better manager.

An intermediate step can help make the transition to outcomes-based payment for health care.

Despite the enormous time and energy that goes into strategy development, many companies have little to show for their efforts. Indeed, research by the...

Telemedicine may not sound like a dramatic innovation, but it is.

A few mindset shifts can help doctors find success when moving on from clinical responsibilities.

Studies show that nudging physicians and patients increases vaccination rates.

Editor’s note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. As we face the challenges of advancing “Healthcare and Innovation” at the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, advocating for further diffusion of cost-effective and proven heath benefits of vaccination improves […]

Based on the pilot’s success, the program has been adopted in Mt. Sinai’s cardiology, gastroenterology, and surgical oncology units.

Early lessons from pilot programs.

Interviews with the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan management team identified seven principles that guided their actions.

A pilot program shows how mobile technology can be used to improve health outcomes and lower costs.

Most health care money in the United States goes largely for the care of people with complex chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart failure, cancer, lung disease, and the like. We will soon see many more individuals with these illnesses because of two factors: the population is aging (“old parts wear out”) and adverse behaviors […]

Observations from Rhode Island.

From the patient's room to the cafeteria.

And it could lower costs in the long run.