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Why the World Needs Doctors with These 3 Qualities

Harvard Business

Almost every high-performing health care organization we studied was led by a medical professional (something that academic research has also found ). He was 58 and already retired from an illustrious career in ophthalmology when he founded the nonprofit Aravind Eye Hospital in 1976. Add to Cart.

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The Potential for Blockchain to Transform Electronic Health Records

Harvard Business

In our white paper, “A Case Study for Blockchain in Healthcare,” we proposed a novel, decentralized record management system to handle EHRs using blockchain technology, which we called MedRec. MedRec doesn’t store health records or require a change in practice.

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What to Do When Your Boss Has a Favorite (and It’s Not You)

Harvard Business

Case Study #1: Stay positive and become the source of your own approval. ” Case Study #2: Find a sounding board. Caroline Grant (names have been changed) was six months into a job she enjoyed as a marketing specialist at a healthcare company, when her boss—the chief marketing officer—got fired.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business

We see this in our research at Columbia University and have identified many examples where CEOs benefit their businesses by partnering across sectors with public officials, nonprofit managers, and community members. billion of India’s citizens to voting, banking, government assistance, healthcare, recordkeeping, and more.

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