Quality Of Health Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Dec 2023
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My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

Rico, Denver, and many other incredible locations. I was in the middle of a few other interview cycles for various health care roles, and I was completely torn. Do I accept the... View Details

April 15, 2021
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Remote Patient Monitoring—Overdue or Overused?

By: Keizra Mecklai, Nicholas Smith, Ariel Dora Stern and Daniel B. Kramer

As the use of remote patient monitoring services grows—driven by health care limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic—clinicians, payers, and patients face important questions regarding the volume, value, and appropriate use of this care model. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology

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17 Feb 2022
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When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

organization or business is to improve the quality of life, period,” Chopra says. “Focus on the quality of life for your employees because if... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

30 Mar 2023
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Alumni Student Mentorship Match

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

potential shared resources. Johnson & Johnson has done this effectively with many of its health care companies—acquiring separate platforms View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

like we got X donations, and we took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

April 1989
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Novel Combination of Two Drugs (C)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry

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April 1989
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Novel Combination of Two Drugs (B)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry

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September 2009
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The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Stephen P. Bradley and Natalie Kindred

Through its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) has decreased claims—and premiums—for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Risk Management; Performance Improvement; Safety; Health Industry; Health Industry; Boston

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Costs Without Value When Treating Pediatric Behavioral Patients in the ED

By: Marcella Jewell, Syed S. Shehab, Robert S. Kaplan, Jack Fanton and Joeli Hettler

Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) visits have greatly increased in recent years. An academic pediatric ED that annually treats about 1,000 behavioral health patients conducted a study to assess the true cost of caring for nonacute behavioral health patients. It... View Details

Keywords: Costs; Value; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management

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01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003

Chirag Shah “A single, impoverished mother, only 15 years old, gave birth to the first baby I delivered.” In the Middle of Med School at Yale: came to HBS Inspiration for Becoming a Physician: doctors who attended to his brother’s gunshot... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

06 May 2020
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How microeconomics can help devise evidence-based policy responses to COVID-19

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

also supporting health care initiatives and U.S.-Asia cultural exchanges." In 2012, the Chao family donated US$40 million to Harvard Business School, supporting the construction View Details

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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

Report Hidden Workers: Part-Time Potential By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, & Francis Hintermann 13 MAR 2023 Part-time workers constitute a substantial segment of America’s hidden workers. They would like to work more but... View Details

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with the section-enforced structure... View Details

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Celia Stafford

Celia Stafford is a doctoral student in Health Policy (Management). She received a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Emory University in 2017 and an MPH focused in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. She is also... View Details

06 Aug 2020
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Interview with Professor Regina Herzlinger on Balancing Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance with a Prominent Academic Career

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social... View Details

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

who stick around longer and spend more. “When customers have a more holistic view of the trade-offs of an offering, it helps them make more well-informed choices, which enhances the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost