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Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

care services, health insurance, health IT, digital health, consumer-based innovations, or medical technology. Educational Objectives Innovating in Health Care (IHC) enables students to create successful... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

also cofounded a health-care systems education site (www.improvehealthcare.org) at HMS and a discussion group composed of students at the Medical School. “We need to focus on wellness and not on unreasonably... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

first billionaire. Rockefeller was also known for his establishment of charitable foundations and academic institutions, including the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the General View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

12 Jul 2006
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Competition the Cure for Healthcare

business unit structures in management thinking, except that healthcare is still stuck in the functional model. These forms of competition and organization have also been institutionalized in medical View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

04 Nov 2014
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Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

Santiago Ocejo (MPH 2010/MBA 2014) wants to improve health care in Mexico. He always thought he would do that, one patient at a time, as a surgeon. But, today, the medical school graduate is a social entrepreneur, working with the Mexican... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2008
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Letters to the Editor

all Democrats until his statement about the government stepping into a daughter’s agonizing medical decisions. I assume he was talking about abortion. The Democrats cannot understand that the government, in the name of us citizens, has... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

Contest were Boss Medical and Baby.com.br, while SANA Care won in the social enterprise track. More than 90 teams submitted entries as part of this year's Alumni New Venture Contest. Clubs in Boston, Brazil, Chicago, Germany, India, New... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Jan 2014
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Climbing to New Heights

Kilimanjaro, in 2004, Petzel's climbing party included Lisa Lee, MBA 2000.) The third goal was to use the Everest climb to raise money that would help fund the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility for the porters who... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

24 Apr 2019
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And the Winner Is…

the idea here is to really take over your home—and we have innovative, patent-pending form factors to do it.” The $25,000 runner-up prize in the alumni track went to X-Cor Therapeutics, represented by Jayon Wang (MBA 2018), which has developed a View Details

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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ISC’s Value-Measurement in Health Care executive education courses is a good way for leaders to understand TDABC and how they can contribute to successful completion of these costing analyses. Q: Why are so few in the industry using the... View Details

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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates

Benefits & Compensation Research Associates enjoy a salary that is extremely competitive for the field and a substantial benefits package. Salaries cover a broad range and are determined using a consistent methodology that takes into account a hire’s View Details

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Shana Hoffman

deeper understanding of the potential for health-care technology. “Some people said I should just go right into business. But I thought I could combine education and entrepreneurship together,” Shana says. “An MBA would be a low-risk... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

everyone is a surgical candidate. This is perhaps the most difficult message to convey.” Why was having both an MD [Hwang graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003] and an MBA from HBS important to you? “Well, the MD helped me get... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2013
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A Healthy Profit

Gita's medical history and her symptoms suggest a heart problem, MeraDoctor ultimately recommends that she get an echocardiogram (for which she has to pay at a private facility because the government one is too crowded). The test reveals... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2004
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Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs

Hall, the campus home to the doctoral programs, will be rededicated as Wyss House, and doctoral candidates receiving support will be known as Wyss Fellows. “The doctoral programs at Harvard Business School have a tremendous influence, not only through the candidates... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

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Online Harassment | About

environment “that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive and denies the [targeted] individual an equal opportunity” to work or to educational opportunities as defined by the University’s NDAB policy. Such... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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New HBS Alumni Board Members

an emphasis on ceramics and related objects. Cincinnati native Samuel Huttenbauer, Jr. (MBA '55), is CEO of American Nutriceuticals, a medical foods firm based in his hometown. A graduate of Harvard College, Huttenbauer joined the Army... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Thomas S. Murphy (MBA 1949)

for $19-billion. “Building a company with a great culture and doing it with integrity is something that I look back on with satisfaction,” says Murphy. While known for his business acumen, Murphy is equally recognized for his public service. He is active with many... View Details

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

Cleveland Clinic colleague Dr. Neil Mehta, assistant dean of education technology, likes to tell a story. “We had physicians review medical charts in our electronic medical... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

of the study, Alvin Silk, Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus, and Joel Weissman, associate professor, department of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. The Physicians Report ran in the April issue of the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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