Managed Healthcare Executive, December 1st, 2004
CEO George Halvorson supports Kaiser Permanente's care delivery improvements
IN 1793, AFTER JUST 10 DAYS of work, Eli Whitney completed a functioning model of the cotton gin, an invention that would propel America into the Industrial Revolution. He struggled to make enough cotton gins to meet the demand, but others soon copied his model and transformed the market. Whitney's invention had incredible economic and social effects on the country and provided a source of great wealth for many entrepreneurs. Historians hail his mechanical creativity as the birth of American technology.
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