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featured Health Care article, What does it take to make integrated care work?

JANUARY 2010

What does it take to make integrated care work?

Around the world, only a few health care providers deliver integrated care effectively. Their experiences offer useful lessons for organizations that want to pilot integrated-care programs.

Editors’ Choice
  • featured Health Care article, regional health system strategy

    JULY 2009 Premium

    Developing a regional health system strategy

    A regional approach to strategy development can enable health systems around the world to make significant improvements in health care delivery.

  • featured Health Care article, medical risk key to us health reform

    JUNE 2009 Premium

    Why understanding medical risk is key to US health reform

    The United States has a great opportunity to restrain the cost of its health care system, to improve medical outcomes, and to ease the financial and psychological burden on US consumers.

  • featured Health Care article, emotions health insurance

    MAY 2009 Premium

    The role of emotions in buying health insurance

    As consumers face more choice, complexity, and financial exposure for their health care in an increasingly uncertain world, what they are really seeking is peace of mind.

  • featured Operations article, Maximizing efficiency pharma operations

    APRIL 2009 Premium

    Maximizing efficiency in pharma operations

    By matching the productivity of top drugmakers, average ones could enjoy labor and unit-cost savings worth five to six percentage points of earnings before interest and taxes.

  • featured Health Care article, Improving Japan’s health care system

    MARCH 2009

    Improving Japan’s health care system

    Japan needs the right prescription for providing its citizens with high-quality health care at an affordable price.

  • featured Health Care article, When clinicians lead

    FEBRUARY 2009 Premium

    When clinicians lead

    Health care systems that are serious about transforming themselves must harness the energies of their clinicians as organizational leaders.

  • featured Health Care article, Why Americans pay more health care

    DECEMBER 2008

    Why Americans pay more for health care

    The United States spends more on health care than comparable countries do and more than its wealth would suggest. Here’s how—and why.

Research in Brief

Featured Articles
  • featured Health Care article, Engaging consumers to manage health care demand

    JANUARY 2010

    Engaging consumers to manage health care demand

    Payors can help improve consumers’ health and reduce costs by providing information, choice, and incentives that encourage healthier lifestyles and value-conscious consumption of health care.

  • featured Health Care article, hospital-wide strategy for fixing ED overcrowding

    JANUARY 2010

    A hospital-wide strategy for fixing emergency-department overcrowding

    A sustained reduction of emergency-department wait times requires not only an end-to-end transformation of multiple hospital processes but also a change in hospital culture, stronger staff skills, better performance management, and visible leadership.

  • featured Health Care article, Managing the clinical workforce

    DECEMBER 2009 Premium

    Managing the clinical workforce

    Most health systems lack a rigorous approach for matching clinician supply to the demand for various health services. As a result, patient care and clinician morale suffer—and costs cannot be controlled effectively.

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