Want to improve maternal health outcomes? Employ doulas. Jessica Plante Want to improve maternal health outcomes? Employ doulas. While US maternal health outcomes are consistently poor, doulas are an underused resource that can help those outcomes improve. Dec 1, 2022 Jessica Plante
Surrounded: When disruption hits on all sides (Part 2) Ann Somers Hogg Surrounded: When disruption hits on all sides (Part 2) Disruption doesn’t stop where it starts, yet incumbents have a variety of strategies they can employ to effectively respond. Nov 17, 2022 Ann Somers Hogg
Infographic: A tool to choose your health care business model strategy Ann Somers Hogg Infographic: A tool to choose your health care business model strategy This tool is based on the tenets of business model theory and what has worked—and hasn’t—for leading health care innovators in the field. Nov 10, 2022 Ann Somers Hogg
Improve or transform: Choosing the right business model to deliver health Ann Somers Hogg Improve or transform: Choosing the right business model to deliver health Our research of leading, innovative health systems—combined with business model theory—provides a first-of-its-kind strategy guide and decision tool health care executives can use to determine which business model pa... Nov 1, 2022 Ann Somers Hogg
Drivers of health in action: Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to social health Jessica Plante Drivers of health in action: Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to social health We take a closer look at the nation's largest integrated health system, and what makes their social health efforts successful. Oct 20, 2022 Jessica Plante
Surrounded: When disruption hits on all sides (Part 1) Ann Somers Hogg Surrounded: When disruption hits on all sides (Part 1) Disruption is present across the health care value chain. This is an issue for incumbents because disruption doesn’t stop where it starts. Oct 13, 2022 Ann Somers Hogg
Calling all innovators: Africa’s electricity market is ripe for market-creation Sandy Sanchez Calling all innovators: Africa’s electricity market is ripe for market-creation Within Africa’s mass nonconsumption of electricity lies immense opportunity for innovators to drive forward the continent’s socio-economic development. Oct 11, 2022 Sandy Sanchez
Getting US health care a passing grade Jessica Plante Getting US health care a passing grade Most people in the US are not satisfied with our health care system. We present three ways to create greater satisfaction. Oct 6, 2022 Jessica Plante
Africa’s best chance to fix its healthcare infrastructure is here Efosa Ojomo Africa’s best chance to fix its healthcare infrastructure is here The state of Africa’s healthcare system is somewhere between broken and nonexistent, but the i3 program has the potential to turn this around. Oct 4, 2022 Efosa Ojomo
Making people, and the environment, healthier Jessica Plante Making people, and the environment, healthier Policymakers insist on tackling health care and climate change separately, but would find more success in addressing them together. Sept 29, 2022 Jessica Plante
Precision Medicine Folic acid: The risk of modular thinking in an interdependent situation Ann Somers Hogg Folic acid: The risk of modular thinking in an interdependent situation Randomized controlled trials fail us in ways we don’t collectively realize. Folic acid supplementation is a striking example of how they do. But there is a better way. Sept 22, 2022 Ann Somers Hogg Precision Medicine
The medical misinformation trap Jessica Plante The medical misinformation trap How can Jobs Theory help explain the rapid rise in medical misinformation, particularly in the wake of COVID-19? Sept 15, 2022 Jessica Plante