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Describing Wait Time Bottlenecks for ED Patients Undergoing Head CT
By: Jonathan G. Rogg, Robert S. Huckman, Michael Lev, Ali Raja, Yuchiao Chang and Benjamin White
Study objectives: Facing increased utilization and subsequent capacity and budget constraints, EDs must better understand bottlenecks and their effect on process flow to improve process efficiency. The primary objective of this study was to identify bottlenecks in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Bottleneck; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Health Industry; United States
Rogg, Jonathan G., Robert S. Huckman, Michael Lev, Ali Raja, Yuchiao Chang, and Benjamin White. "Describing Wait Time Bottlenecks for ED Patients Undergoing Head CT." American Journal of Emergency Medicine 35, no. 10 (October 2017): 1510–1513.
- September 2018 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Zebra Medical Vision
By: Shane Greenstein and Sarah Gulick
An Israeli startup founded in 2014, Zebra Medical Vision developed algorithms that produced diagnoses from X-rays, mammograms, and CT-scans. The algorithms used deep learning and digitized radiology scans to create software that could assist doctors in making... View Details
Keywords: Radiology; Machine Learning; X-ray; CT Scan; Medical Technology; Probability; FDA 510(k); Diagnosis; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Competitive Strategy; Product Development; Commercialization; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; Israel
Greenstein, Shane, and Sarah Gulick. "Zebra Medical Vision." Harvard Business School Case 619-014, September 2018. (Revised December 2019.)
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Use of Crowd Innovation to Develop an Artificial Intelligence-Based Solution for Radiation Therapy Targeting
By: Raymond H. Mak, Michael G. Endres, Jin Hyun Paik, Rinat A. Sergeev, Hugo Aerts, Christopher L. Williams, Karim R. Lakhani and Eva C. Guinan
Importance: Radiation therapy (RT) is a critical cancer treatment, but the existing radiation oncologist work force does not meet growing global demand. One key physician task in RT planning involves tumor segmentation for targeting, which requires substantial... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; AI Algorithms; Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; AI and Machine Learning
Mak, Raymond H., Michael G. Endres, Jin Hyun Paik, Rinat A. Sergeev, Hugo Aerts, Christopher L. Williams, Karim R. Lakhani, and Eva C. Guinan. "Use of Crowd Innovation to Develop an Artificial Intelligence-Based Solution for Radiation Therapy Targeting." JAMA Oncology 5, no. 5 (May 2019): 654–661.
- 16 Dec 2015
- News
The Kinds of Teams Health Care Needs
- 1994
- Article
Three-dimensional Finite Element Modeling of a Cervical Vertebra: An Investigation of Burst Fracture Mechanism
By: Kevin J. Bozic, J H Keyak, H B Skinner, H U Bueff and David Bradford
Finite element modeling was used to study the mechanical behavior of a cervical vertebra under axial compressive loading. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) model of a mid-cervical vertebra using inhomogeneous material properties was generated from... View Details
- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
smart cities, related to health care simply cannot be solved without cross-disciplinary collaboration," says Edmondson. To illustrate, she tells the story of the execution of a CT scan, a process that took four days to unfold in one... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
sequencing structure that their organization has set for them, and how do they make the decision to do that?” To find out, they analyzed data from a large outsourced radiological services firm, full of doctors whose jobs involved sequentially reading and diagnosing... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
service.” One company that has been successful with IoT in health care is Philips, whose imaging division has created connected ultrasound and CT scan machines. Instead of just selling the machines to... View Details
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
head CT scanning has a significant impact on patient waiting times. This study suggests opportunities to improve wait times through future research to understand the causes of delays in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
In a forthcoming paper in Management Science, Risk-Mitigating Technologies: The Case of Radiation Diagnostic Devices, based on the CT scan case, Luo and Galasso discover that the accidents, while tragic,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
occurred when a CT scan of Dad’s belly showed a “spot” on his liver. “It’s probably a benign collection of blood vessels,” his doctor told me. “But it is something we’ll watch closely.” I was able to tell... View Details
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
problem. Q: You mentioned that the places where health care is delivered are part of the outmoded business model. Could you elaborate? A: You can't make CT scans more affordable by changing the way big... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
changing one piece, or plugging an isolated innovation into an existing framework, will not solve the larger problem. You mentioned that the places where health care is delivered are part of the outmoded business model. Could you elaborate? You can’t make View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
persist. Robert C. Baker (MBA ’57) Darien, CT Dean McArthur’s Contributions Thank you for your article on Dean McArthur in the December issue. It was a pleasure to be reminded of his many contributions to the School and global society.... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
background and asked, do they have any ENTs that they might recommend, especially one who might be willing to do a remote consultation? They gave us the name of a specialist in Florida that we simply never would have come across on our own. We sent my father's View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
reasonable prices are in demand. One example: In health care, GE is producing a computerized tomography (CT) scan machine that is functional without a lot of bells and whistles. It was designed originally for the Chinese market where... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace