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Niche strategies in the healthcare industry
This paper examines niche strategies in the healthcare industry. I begin by discussing productivity trends in large firms. In order to understand trend shifts in productivity from a focus on output to a focus on input, I examine the competitive strategy frameworks of Duncan Simester of MIT, and …
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The effect of competition in the healthcare industry
… a number of issues related to competition in the healthcare industry. In the first chapter, I estimate the supply and demand behavior of participants in the MA market by utilizing the most recent available data. I use the estimated model to quantify the welfare effects of two major changes in the …
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Enabling long term value added partnership in the healthcare industry
The USA healthcare industry has recently undergone significant pressure to become competitive and think innovatively due to its increased growth as a percentage of the GDP, which was as much as 14. 1% in 2001. Additionally hospitals are faced with an estimated nursing shortage of 600,000 by 2020, …
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Understanding Technology Diffusion and Spatial Accessibility in the Home Healthcare Industry
<p>Home healthcare is becoming an important alternative to institutionalized care. It not only reduces costs but also increases health outcomes and patient satisfaction. However, the availability and efficiency of home healthcare services need to be improved as the aging population increases in the …
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The dynamics and strategic analysis of wireless communications technology in the healthcare industry
The healthcare industry like other industry is on the cross roads as a result of rising demand for healthcare delivery and service, the industry is facing declining revenues and increasing cost. As a result, one of the industry's strategic arsenal to avert the continual declines in revenue and …
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Analysis of the Prospects and Development of China's Online Healthcare Industry: Opportunities and Challenges
… development of the internet and technology, the healthcare industry has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. The online healthcare industry, in particular, has emerged as a promising sector in China, providing a convenient and accessible way for people to access medical …
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Cognitive dissonance shaping consumer behaviour within Generation Z: a case of the Indian healthcare industry
… was first India as demography, and within that – healthcare as a sector. This demography was because the largest Zers population in India is currently surpassing China, and there has been no study on this specific context and theory. Second, the generalisability and application can be more …
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The Relationship of Servant Leadership Attributes to Sales Performance of Salespersons in the Healthcare Industry in 2011
… was accomplished by studying salespersons in the healthcare industry.</p> <p>Method. One hundred ninety-four study participants completed questionnaires providing quantitative measurements of the seven factors of servant leadership: (a) developing and empowering others, (b) humility, (c) authentic …
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Achieving and sustaining an optimal product portfolio in the healthcare industry through SKU rationalization, complexity costing, and dashboards
… and entry into emerging markets, Company X, a healthcare company, has seen its product portfolio proliferate and bring costly complexity into its operations. Today, Company X seeks to achieve and sustain an optimal product offering that meets their customers' needs. Through a six-month research …
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Harnessing A Shared Value Between Generational Workers: The Optimum Leave Policy for Generational Workers in the Behavioral Healthcare Industry
… or unlimited PTO policies among behavioral healthcare workers as they related to perceptions of satisfaction, productivity, and intent to leave. Eight themes emerged from thematic analysis. The themes (a) different generational groups have different PTO preferences, (b) PTO policies required …
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Lived experiences of failure among healthcare entrepreneurs: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
… entrepreneurial failure and focuses on the EU healthcare sector. The paucity of academic research combining the lived experience of venture failure and the healthcare industry context, highlights the importance of this study. An interpretative phenomenological approach is used to provide …
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The relationship between authentic leadership, psychological capital, followership and work engagement
… sample of managers in a national South African healthcare industry organisation (N = 647). The portability of the measurement instruments to a South African context were validated through confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis. The psychological capital and authentic leadership measures …
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Examining the Effects of Mindfulness on the Relationships between Citizenship Pressure, Job Stress, and Turnover Intentions within Healthcare: A Moderated Mediation Model
… job stress is a growing concern within the healthcare industry. By surveying 461 employees of a large Midwestern healthcare system, the present study evaluated perceptions of citizenship pressure (perceived pressure to engage in extra-role job duties) and examined its relationship with job …
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MedRec : blockchain for medical data access, permission management and trend analysis
… on compliance have co-opted the ability of the healthcare industry to implement novel data sharing approaches. We now face a critical need for such innovation, as personalization and data science prompt patients to engage in the details of their healthcare and restore agency over their medical …
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Application of CAST to hospital adverse events
… goal to dramatically improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the United States has yet to be accomplished. While the report and subsequent efforts make frequent reference to the challenges of designing and obtaining system safety, few system tools have been applied in the healthcare …
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Process flow improvement using value stream mapping to reduce waste and lead time in Malaysia healthcare
… of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) method in healthcare institutions has started since the 1990s, mainly to fulfill the current need for an improved quality and efficiency in delivering services. However, the application of VSM in Malaysia healthcare institutions is still at an early stage. …
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Children's Process of Care Measure Implementation Readiness
… the results, would lead to improvements in the healthcare industry and lives saved. The results speak for themselves. Unfortunately, the process has yet to be mandated in the care of our nation's most valuable assets: our children. However, that is about to change. This research project explored …
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Leveraging Technologies to Make Patients as Partners in Their Healthcare
… (NCDs) continue to drain resources in the healthcare industry. Although recent initiatives emerged to make patients as partners in healthcare through technology and ultimately control many sources of costs, healthcare providers are still struggling with developing and deploying …
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Cost and resource allocation in healthcare delivery systems
… market, system, and organization levels in the healthcare industry, and develops novel frameworks that allow us to better understand cost and resource allocation for strategic decision making in healthcare settings. The U.S. healthcare industry is going through a massive transformation process …
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Development of a maintenance management framework to facilitate the delivery of healthcare provisions in the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia
… a similar level of services and quality. The healthcare industry in Saudi Arabia faced a similar set of problems as the main sponsor (i.e. the Government) received lower revenues from oil export. As intimated by Saudi government officials, the current growth rate in healthcare expenditure is …
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