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- 16 Jul 2021
- News
What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson?
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
customers in the East, emerging markets, and growing interest in health and beauty care among men all over the world. Employing both traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2021
- Case
Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and Olivia Hull
Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare innovation at MGB. In November 2019, the health system was the largest recipient of National Institutes of Health... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion; Innovation; Invention; Gender; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Research; Research and Development; Diversification; Technology; Health Industry; Massachusetts; Boston
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, and Olivia Hull. "Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham." Harvard Business School Case 921-006, May 2021.
- February 2018
- Article
Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience
By: Bradley R. Staats, Diwas S. KC and F. Gino
Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their beliefs, individuals may persevere in their prior beliefs. In... View Details
Keywords: Information; Announcements; Service Operations; Decision Making; Medical Specialties; Experience and Expertise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Staats, Bradley R., Diwas S. KC, and F. Gino. "Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience." Management Science 64, no. 2 (February 2018): 804–824.
- June 2016
- Article
Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds
Background: Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is... View Details
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds. "Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics." Medical Care 54, no. 6 (June 2016): 578–583.
- Career Coach
Betsy Edwards
Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care; Health Care; Health Care; Health Care; Health Care; Health Care; Health Care
- 30 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?
Health and Hospital Association about the digital transformation of health care and the growing use of apps View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
It is a classic leadership challenge of the early twenty-first century: How do you steer your business and motivate your people to pursue breakthrough growth while giving proper attention to executing the here View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 27 Feb 2017
- News
Achieving Universal Coverage Without Turning to a Single Payer
- July 2018
- Case
Ce Soir-Là, Ils n'Arrivent Plus Un par Un, Mais par Vagues: Coping with the Surge of Trauma Patients at L'Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière—Friday, November 13, 2015
By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Emilie Billaud and Arnold M. Howitt
On November 13, 2015, Dr. Marie Borel, Dr. Emmanuelle Dolla, Dr. Frédéric Le Saché, and Professor Mathieu Raux were the doctors in charge of the trauma center at L’Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière in Paris, where dozens of wounded and dying patients, most with severe... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Crisis Management; Performance Capacity; Decision Making; Leadership; Health Industry; Europe; France; Paris
Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch", Emilie Billaud, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Ce Soir-Là, Ils n'Arrivent Plus Un par Un, Mais par Vagues: Coping with the Surge of Trauma Patients at L'Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière—Friday, November 13, 2015." Harvard Business School Case 319-032, July 2018.
- 09 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive
what may at first blush appear to be an easier fix: new drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, says Harvard Business School Professor Regina E. Herzlinger, who has studied the American health View Details
- September 2007
- Case
Collaborating to Improve
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Ingrid M. Nembhard
Madison Memorial Hospital is deciding between a variety of quality improvement strategies. Highlights quality improvement collaborative—organized programs popularized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in which teams from multiple institutions work together to... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Performance Improvement; Quality; Groups and Teams; Cooperation; Integration; Health Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Ingrid M. Nembhard. "Collaborating to Improve." Harvard Business School Case 608-054, September 2007.
- December 12, 2023
- Article
Prices for Common Services at Quaternary vs Nonquaternary Hospitals
By: Brandon W. Yan, Maximilian J. Pany and Leemore S. Dafny
Using commercial health insurance claims data from 2017-2019, we assessed whether quaternary hospitals charged higher prices for common, unspecialized services also offered by nonquaternary hospitals. We found quaternary-hospital price premiums of 8.2 percent, on... View Details
Yan, Brandon W., Maximilian J. Pany, and Leemore S. Dafny. "Prices for Common Services at Quaternary vs Nonquaternary Hospitals." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 330, no. 22 (December 12, 2023): 2211–2213.
Amy C. Edmondson
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of... View Details
- January 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Shisong Cardiac Center: Kumbo, Cameroon
By: Kevin Schulman and Nelly-Ange Konthcou
Shisong Cardiac Center in Kumbo, Cameroon, is a regional cardiac referral center in central Africa. As the continent transitions from communicable to non-communicable diseases, there is a critical shortage of surgical care required to treat these conditions. This case... View Details
Schulman, Kevin, and Nelly-Ange Konthcou. "Shisong Cardiac Center: Kumbo, Cameroon." Harvard Business School Case 317-085, January 2017. (Revised January 2019.)
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Medical debt was cut nearly in half in states that expanded Medicaid
- May 2024
- Article
True Costs of Uterine Artery Embolization: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in Interventional Radiology Over a 3-Year Period
By: Julia C. Bulman, Nicole H. Kim, Robert S. Kaplan, Sarah Schroeppel DeBacker, Olga R. Brook and Ammar Sarwar
The study used time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) to estimate the costs to perform uterine artery embolization (UAE). Utilization times for patients undergoing outpatient UAE for fibroids or adenomyosis were captured from electronic health record timestamps and... View Details
Bulman, Julia C., Nicole H. Kim, Robert S. Kaplan, Sarah Schroeppel DeBacker, Olga R. Brook, and Ammar Sarwar. "True Costs of Uterine Artery Embolization: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in Interventional Radiology Over a 3-Year Period." Journal of the American College of Radiology 21, no. 5 (May 2024): 721–728.
- June 5, 2023
- Article
How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine
By: Mitchell Tang, Louise Short, Ryan June, Matthew Dowling and Ateev Mehrotra
Telemedicine visits in the United States have fallen sharply since April 2020, but the end of the pandemic should not spell the end of telemedicine. It can play a valuable role in the delivery of health care. The key to tapping its potential is to bring many elements... View Details
Tang, Mitchell, Louise Short, Ryan June, Matthew Dowling, and Ateev Mehrotra. "How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 5, 2023).