Healthcare sector

The first-of-its-kind Clinic of Innovation at Oslo University Hospital works a lot like an outpatient health clinic, but treats ideas rather than patients. Ideas walk in, are diagnosed, and are treated or referred; some are sent home with a prescription for further development, and an appointment for a follow-up visit. In addition to providing technical […]

A one-size-fits-all approach isn’t good for patients.

The “Anna Karenina Principle” can help health care providers identify — and fix — problems they didn’t know they had.

Five steps health organizations can take.

A look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education.

Health care organizations should consider benefits like temporary leaves, reduced hours, or workflow changes.

They cost almost nothing.

Hospitals are the wrong place for the chronically ill.

And no one is talking about it.

The U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […]

Bundled payments will finally unleash the competition that patients want.

Hospitals have long struggled with seasonal spikes. Embracing telemedicine, walk-in clinics, and home-based care can help them prepare.

Companies often face new rivals, technologies, regulations, and other environmental changes that seem to come out of left field. How can they see these...

5% of patients drive half of the health care spending in the U.S.

From December 2000 to February 2008, the top 15 companies in the pharmaceutical industry lost roughly $850 billion in shareholder value. Although a number...

Specialization has its limits.

Note: This blog was co-authored with Justin Chakma, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto. One of the notable differences between emerging markets and the developed world is the ubiquity of mobile phones in emerging markets. Citizens of poor countries already use mobile phones to make payments, transfer money, and otherwise fill in the […]

Success begins with defining a clear purpose.

It started with a moon-shot challenge.

From patient safety to lack of infrastructure.