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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
Heart to Heart, a group of California doctors who volunteer their time to perform heart surgery on Russian infants and children. “When they began their work in 1991,” she reports, “the situation was so dire that there were hundreds of...
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- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
founded with her husband Dave Linn (MBA '00) to fund research and clinical trials at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Linn died July 20 at the age of 40. Diagnosed with a soft-tissue sarcoma (a relatively rare cancer) in December 2004, Linn endured 26 months of...
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- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
for this to happen. Q: There's an interesting phenomenon going on, and that's basically outsourcing fairly complex surgeries to India for much cheaper prices. Does this actually pose a threat to the institutionalized health care system at...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Class All His Own
handwritten pages of Class Notes) to come to his home in nearby West Newton. But Brigham, 92, will hear nothing of it. “It’s just a short drive down the Pike,” he says. Hip replacement surgery has done little to slow down Brigham, who...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
manager, for example, is the son of his father’s first employee. “It used to be a true family business,” Hsu says, “and now it’s a business family.” Hsu returned to the farm in 2011, at first taking a leave from General Mills to help out while his father underwent...
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Francis Storrs
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
conditions than can be solved with a prescription or a surgery can cleanly evaluate the results of their doctors' interventions. But the reviews of consumers with chronic conditions may not be so reliable. They may never be...
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- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
Clinic had been consistently ranked No. 1 by US News & World Report for heart surgery survival rates, her father opted to go to the No. 2 ranked Mayo Clinic. The reason for his choice: doctors at the Cleveland Clinic had a reputation...
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- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
Mexico. salaUno had grown from doing 75 cataract surgeries in its first month of operation to a high of 388 surgeries 21 months later. This case explores the challenges in scaling up a healthcare venture...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Analysis of the Reduction Mammaplasty Learning Curve: A Statistical Process Model for Approaching Surgical Performance Improvement Authors:Matthew Carty, Rodney Chan, Robert S. Huckman, Daniel C. Snow, and Dennis Orgill Publication:Plastic and Reconstructive View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208145 Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004) Harvard Business School Case 608-151 Dr. Bradford Shingleton has developed some of the highest-quality eye View Details
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Martha Lagace
- Profile
Laura Arjona
leaders." At the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Laura worked with the CEO and the management team on a number of strategic and operations projects, including processes for running the operating rooms more efficiently....
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- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
against heart disease—such as exercise and diet programs—in the same way that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than...
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- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
Levine, G. Paul DeRosa, and Serena S. Hu Publication:Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (forthcoming) Abstract Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
tests. Now both companies are going all out on testing. Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, CEO of Mayo Clinic, was faced with the painful decision to shut down all elective surgery in order to focus treating COVID-19 patients and other emergency...
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- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
laws in their own states.) The decrease in patents was highest in the riskier specialties, such as surgery and orthopedics, where liability is potentially high; it was lowest in comparatively low-risk specialties such as dentistry and...
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Transforming Health Care Delivery
sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">-computer assisted surgery -cloudbased healthcare -telemedicine Frost & Sullivan - health care market research emphasizing science/technology that is ready for...
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- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
financial markets. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55747 February 2019 Annals of Surgery Burnout in Surgery Viewed Through the Lens of Psychological Safety By: Swendiman,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Full Circle
surgery on the dog and oversaw a physical therapy program that included exercise on an underwater treadmill. After three weeks, Ginger was walking again. Anderson has a few words of advice for alumni who may be considering a change of...
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- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
of students, the researchers surmised it may dampen innovation among competitive companies. To test that hypothesis, McDonald, Pahnke, Hallen and Wang looked at close to 200 medical device startups that developed products for minimally invasive View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
PeopleImages In 2012, federal court jurors listened as Ani Chopourian described the sexual harassment she endured as a cardiac surgery physician assistant at a Sacramento hospital. One surgeon greeted her each morning with “I’m horny” and...
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by Dina Gerdeman