Recently, as part of LinkedIn's "#ProductivityHacks" series, athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush wrote a post about his (and his company's) relentless pursuit of productivity (LinkedIn members, you can read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/productivity-hacks-our-healthcare-system-did-think-time-jonathan-bush?trk=prof-post). Bush gives the example of how athenahealth took the implementation time on their electronic health record system for small practices from 12 weeks to 6 weeks, and then more recently to 5 days, with a goal to tune down to "instant-on, self-service implementation".
Every organization can benefit from increased agility. According to a 2012 study from the Project Management Institute (PMI), the majority of organizations that reported successfully rolling out new initiatives rated themselves as having high organizational agility. That agility pays off, with the PMI report quoting an M.I.T. study that agile firms grew revenue 37% faster and profits 30% higher than non-agile companies (read the PMI report at https://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Research/Organizational-Agility-In-Depth-Report.ashx). It's no surprise, then, that with athenahealth modeling this behavior -- and starting from top leadership in doing so -- the midmarket technology juggernaut reported last Friday a quarterly revenue increase of nearly 21% year-over-year.
Every organization can benefit from increased agility. According to a 2012 study from the Project Management Institute (PMI), the majority of organizations that reported successfully rolling out new initiatives rated themselves as having high organizational agility. That agility pays off, with the PMI report quoting an M.I.T. study that agile firms grew revenue 37% faster and profits 30% higher than non-agile companies (read the PMI report at https://www.pmi.org/~/media/PDF/Research/Organizational-Agility-In-Depth-Report.ashx). It's no surprise, then, that with athenahealth modeling this behavior -- and starting from top leadership in doing so -- the midmarket technology juggernaut reported last Friday a quarterly revenue increase of nearly 21% year-over-year.
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