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Transforming Information Technology at a Large State Agency

Brimstone Consulting

CASE STUDY. The office of information technology that serves agencies across a state government system set a goal of becoming a high-performing and customer-centric service provider. By: Brimstone In Case Studies Posted August 9, 2019 Helping a family-owned business poised for growth. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.

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A Study of 16 Countries Shows That the Most Productive Firms (and Their Employees) Are Pulling Away from Everyone Else

Harvard Business

One of them has clearly been information technology. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century , Thomas Piketty wrote that to study wage inequality, “We must introduce other factors, such as the institutions and rules that govern the operation of the labor market in each society.” .” How Trade and IT Fit In.

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Why Physicians Resist Using Algorithm-Based Apps

Harvard Business

A limited study of physicians in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service found that they are resistant to using algorithm-based tools, including AI-based applications. The research, which consisted of interviews with 32 physicians, identified four reasons for their reluctance.

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Good Management Predicts a Firm’s Success Better Than IT, R&D, or Even Employee Skills

Harvard Business

As Chad Syverson at the University of Chicago wryly noted in his 2011 round-up of the evidence on what drives productivity : “…no potential driver of productivity differences has seen a higher ratio of speculation to actual empirical study” than management. And while this study focused on U.S.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Combating Information Overload in Critical Care Units

Harvard Business

How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. We created a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, and experts in clinical informatics to design and test information-technology tools that can help, rather than hinder, clinical care. to 0.70).

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How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes

Harvard Business

The accuracy rates of these predictions surpass what is possible with well-accepted risk scoring systems such as the one that emerged from the famous Framingham Heart Study , the ongoing long-term cardiovascular cohort study that is now in its third generation of participants. billion in costs, could have been prevented.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

These services focused on business management and information technology. Information Technology. Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. 1992, IBM unveiled another service called IBM Consulting Group. During 1992 and 1993, IBM U.K., Finance Risk. Organization and People.

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