Why It’s So Hard to Cut Waste in Health Care
Professor Finkelstein: If something becomes more expensive, people will buy less of it. When patients have to pay more, they use less medical care. The problem is they use less of all types of care.
Professor Finkelstein: If something becomes more expensive, people will buy less of it. When patients have to pay more, they use less medical care. The problem is they use less of all types of care.
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) explores how people and businesses will work, interact, and prosper in an era of profound digital transformation.
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Photos from the Future of Work conference held in NYC on April 27, 2018. Photo credit: Samuel Stuart Hollenshead
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The MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) is an interdisciplinary research center that focuses on the study of high-impact, complex, sociotechnical systems that shape our world.
CSAIL is committed to pioneering new approaches to computing that will bring about positive changes in the way people around the globe live, play, and work.
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Steve Rusckowski, SM ’84, former chairperson, CEO, and president of Quest Diagnostics, believes small changes can have a major impact on company culture.