Tag Archives: Health

What a Companywide Book Club Could Do for Health Care Systems – Harvard Business Review

Executive Summary Evolving the culture is difficult in any organization, but it’s a particular challenge in health care where change comes slowly, if at all. Novant Health, a North Carolina-based network of 15 medical centers, uses a shared reading program to shape the culture. The system-wide free-book program invites staff at all levels and in… Read More »

Scientists uncover the process behind protein mutations that impact gut health, Crohn’s Disease and inflammatory bowel disease

By Ana Gajic A new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China has uncovered why a protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases is dysfunctional. Published today in Science, the research focused on nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 1 and… Read More »