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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Pedal Mettle
The Tour of Hope is a bicycle relay from San Diego to Washington, D.C., a 3,300-mile journey intended to raise awareness about cancer research, prevention, and detection. One View Details
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Jason Flood
that he had. “I realized that my college education, my relatively high socio-economic status, and my employer-provided insurance were privileges most of America does not have access to.” Improving a flawed... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
examples have already begun to appear in the form of specialized treatment centers that concentrate, for instance, on cardiac or renal disorders or high-tech medical imaging.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
6.4 million residents, 440,000 who were previously uninsured have become covered, with 191,000 of those securing private, nongovernment insurance. At 2.6 percent, Massachusetts now has the lowest rate of... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Intermountain Healthcare Joslin Diabetes Center Kaiser Permanente Maine Medical Center Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Mayo Clinic MD Anderson View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
quickly than inflation; restriction of access and services; standards of care that lag behind accepted benchmarks; frequent treatment errors; wide variations in practice... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
prospects of lower pay or fewer chances at promotion than men. In the medical world, recent studies show doctors are less alert to symptoms in older adults when a patient is female. Heart attacks are the leading cause View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
resulted in a breast cancer diagnosis, and Langer's battle against the disease led her to volunteer at the then-pioneering National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations... View Details
- Web
Kraft Accelerator
School, Founder, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Kathy Giusti is a thinker, motivator, and, above all, a doer. Following her cancer diagnosis, the former pharmaceutical executive channeled her frustration over limited View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Eye and Ear Infirmary Massachusetts General Hospital Mayo Clinic MD Anderson Cancer Center Medical University of South Carolina Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital Mirebelais... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
program started by teaching sailing skills to children with spinal cord injuries, it now serves children and adults with a variety of physical and emotional challenges as well as cancer patients and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
The newly hired president and CEO of a local medical center faces a daunting task: Under intense public scrutiny, he must save a complex, rapidly failing organization whose culture is marred by indecision... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
June, HBS hosted over sixty representatives from business, government, and NGOs in September. A final workshop was held in Beijing in November. Barrett cochaired the series with John Ruggie, director of the KSG’s View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean’s Award
Douglas K. Schillinger (fifth from left), for his diligence, determination, humility, and strength while undergoing treatment for melanoma Father Thomas Patrick Doyle, C.S.C., for being a strong and generous source View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
precision diagnostics. It is a travesty that we don’t have simple tests that can distinguish between the common cold, seasonal allergies, and various strains of the flu, let alone the sophisticated diagnostics needed to guide the View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
Consumers today have more control than ever over the way they choose goods and services—from browsing freely at grocery stores to managing their own financial assets. Perhaps consumers should also have a greater sense of empowerment when... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
applications, particularly in the food industry. Although a stroke in 1992 left Murray with extensive left-side paralysis, he can often be found mending fence on his farm. He is excited to be undertaking an ozone-based treatment for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
then have to think about the prospects for commercialization. They have to communicate back and forth extensively. What were some of the projects? As an example, one of last year’s teams was looking at an... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
"sticky" and, consequently, the implications of strategic interaction for strategic choice. And yet, while the organization and strategy literatures broadly recognize the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-068 Impact Investing for Cancer It is early 2018, and Emily Park, managing director of impact for the Abreu Family... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman