--- title: Technology: How Hospitals Can Work Better description: How lessons from a car maker are making hospitals better, how Uber is changing women's lives in Saudi Arabia, and more. canonical: https://time.com/3992320/hospitals-work-better/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-11T16:01:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:05.599Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How Hospitals Can Work Better og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/3992320/hospitals-work-better/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Hospitals Can Work Better twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Hospitals Can Work Better by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 11, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 11, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Learn how copying a car maker is helping hospitals boost patient care.**](http://khn.org/news/hospitals-seeking-an-edge-turn-to-unlikely-adviser-a-car-maker/) By Anna Gorman in Kaiser Health News **2\.** [**Uber is changing life for women in Saudi Arabia.**](http://www.fastcompany.com/3048461/app-economy/how-uber-is-changing-life-for-women-in-saudi-arabia) By Evie Nagy in Fast Company **3\.** [**Scientists tricked harmful bacterial colonies into self-destructing.**](http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-08/bacterial-hunger-games-could-help-fight-against-infectious-diseases) By Adam Wernick and Alexa Lim in Science Friday, from PRI **4\.** [**Here’s how a simple sticker made Seattle safer for LGBTQ people.**](http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/spd-sets-national-example-with-lgbtq-friendly-safe-haven-plan/) By Sami Edge in the Seattle Times **5\.** [**Want your kids to stay active? Encourage sport sampling.**](http://youthreport.projectplay.us/the-8-plays/encourage-sport-sampling) By Project Play at the Aspen Institute Sports and Society Program  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3992320/hospitals-work-better/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3992320/hospitals-work-better/"},"headline":"How Hospitals Can Work Better","datePublished":"2015-08-11T16:01:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:05.599Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3992320/hospitals-work-better/","keywords":["Innovation","Sports topic","Uber","Bacteria","LGBTQ","hospital"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3992320/hospitals-work-better/","name":"How Hospitals Can Work Better"}}]}] ```