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- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
people imagining imminent death. Study 1 revealed that blog posts of near-death patients with cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were more positive and less negative than the simulated blog posts of nonpatients—and also that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
understanding the mechanism that can block a particular type of lung cancer cell, you're setting up a win that people can experience in a realistic time frame even though they'll have some setbacks along the way," she says.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
relationship between the Jimmy Fund and the Perini Corporation. Initiated in 1948 by Louis Perini, second-generation CEO of a family-owned, Boston-based construction company, and Sidney Farber, M.D., a pioneer in cancer treatment, this... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
company is concerned with more than making money. Mark Bertolini, chairman, CEO, and president of health insurer Aetna, pointed to his own experience in social media, recalling a note he received from a 26-year-old student fighting colon View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
private equity investors will be leery of funding this sector when the primary customer for its products is a government. They all know that the United Kingdom, with its government-controlled National Health Service, buys expensive cancer... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Health in Mirebelais, Haiti. A project team mapped the clinical processes for use in estimating the direct costs of personnel, equipment, and facilities for obstetric and breast cancer care. The accurate cost information revealed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
kidney transplant (11th), women's health (16th), heart (25th), and cancer (29th) as among the best in the nation. Its $292 million in National Institutes of Health research grants ranked ninth in the nation. Over the previous decade, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
coordinated and aligned to focus on one or more specific diseases or conditions, such as cancer or heart disease. The organizational structure and staffing, work processes, and facilities will evolve to provide the highest value, highest... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
http://hbr.org/product/building-a-high-performance-culture-at-idfc/an/114077-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-076 Cycle for Survival (A) Katie Kotkins, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's (MSKCC) Cycle for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, Kathy Giusti cofounded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which has helped thousands of other patients with the cancer and has accelerated drug discovery and development for... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
for its commitment to improving health care outcomes and lowering costs by reducing treatment variation, made the surprising decision to invest significant resources in an innovative precision medicine unit, which would provide life-extending, genetically targeted... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Ranjay, and Alicia DeSantola Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50787 forthcoming JAMA Oncology Effects of Narrow Networks on Access to High-Quality Cancer Care By: Schleicher,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
media to engage others and build campaigns for change in the company. This case follows her career at the company and describes the challenges she faced as a change agent, working to promote gender equality within the company and a new drug developed to fight View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
is to require transparency, to require the quality metrics that we need in order to be good shoppers. If I had stage four breast cancer and were going in a hospital, I need to know how good that hospital is for women like me who are... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe; Lincoln on the verge of seeing the Union collapse; escaped slave Douglass facing possible capture; Bonhoeffer agonizing over how to counter absolute evil with faith; Carson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
them, that can cut costs. Q: And his work on prostate cancer is well known from the Fortune magazine article. [Grove's article described his own battle with prostate cancer. -ed.] A: He's also very concerned with Parkinson's disease,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, which are moving toward results measurement and integrated practice unit structures. Reforming the U.S. system does not require a top down, big bang, government-led... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
revealing but also because it came at a time of intense personal reflection: Christensen had just overcome the same type of cancer that had taken his father's life. As Christensen struggled with the disease, the question "How do you... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
cause marketing program focused on breast cancer to directly compete with Yoplait. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412047-PDF-ENG Fighting a Dangerous Financial Fire: The Federal Response to the Crisis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne