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Martin Gonzalez
MBA frenzy, I was diagnosed with cancer and underwent two surgeries and eight months of chemotherapy. This made me realize how vulnerable we are, how vain it is to plan too far ahead, and how crucial it is to focus on the really important...
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Grace Hou
I am a fighter. I might not look like a heavyweight champion, given my petite stature and frame. But my fight is much more than a test of physical strength. When my body was debilitated from open-heart surgery at the age of twelve, I had...
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Nelly-Ange Kontchou
me. These are the bodies I will open up and sew back together this summer. These are the bodies I will fight to preserve through research on innovative models for cardiac surgery in my country. My spirit shifts; it lifts. I am exactly...
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- 07 Jan 2022
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Learning to Fight
Mark Johnson, one of the early recipients of the foundation’s signature Distinguished Scientist Award. Johnson is now chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UMass Memorial Health and a professor at the University of...
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Andrew Dervan
operations in a General Electric jet engine facility. "I think of the operating room from the perspective of a doctor," Andrew says. "But wouldn't it be great if I could learn from GE, if I could gain expertise in workflows to coordinate more View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
created a hybrid model where paying clients subsidize the “free” clients. The whole organization, however, is doing only one thing, eye surgery or heart surgery or orthopedic View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
only one thing, eye surgery or heart surgery or orthopedic surgery and so on. But to think that an environmental organization could sustain itself by selling mugs and T-shirts...
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by Roger Thompson
- 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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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
Distinguished Professor of Medical Education and professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and was the first African American department chief at Harvard’s teaching hospitals. In his new book, Seeing Patients: Unconscious...
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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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- 30 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS
guy who looked like he might have worked in finance (yes!). It turned out that he had, before going to medical school and traveling to Africa where he worked on a ship that docked in various ports performing lifesaving surgeries on...
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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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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About the Institute About the Institute Contact Us Faculty & Staff Institute Associates Ludcke FAQs Institute Associates Institute Associates Kevin J. Bozic, Senior Institute Associate Dr. Kevin Bozic is the inaugural Chair of View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Action Plan: Just Breathe
pain: major surgery requiring months of recuperation or meditation to manage the stress that was at the root of his health issues. But the practice didn’t fit with his image of a type A, high-powered executive. “I came to meditation...
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April White
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
difficult question is whether policymakers need to learn more from theorists, or the other way around. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-140.pdf PublicationsInput Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 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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- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
prevent high-cost incidents that could occur later,” says Kaplan. Incentives are misplaced In one study, for example, Kaplan and Haas looked at the cost of joint-replacement surgery at 30 large orthopedic hospitals across the United...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
young, had recently had a baseline mammogram, and was told by her doctor that 80 percent of tumors are benign, she was surprised to learn that hers was malignant. Eight days later, she had surgery to remove the tumor and began six months...
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Morgan Baker
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Teaching Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
examining several options for expansion and growth. International Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners in Health in Haiti The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Teaching Cases, Vol. 1 Robert S. Kaplan, Bipin Mistry and Karla Z....
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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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