Healthcare Costing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

Emory Healthcare sent a team of managers and clinicians to the Managing Healthcare Delivery program. From left, Dane Peterson, Dallis Howard-Crow, Bryce Gartland, and Susan Grant at Emory University’s School... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

On a continent with many challenges to development, no issue is more pressing in Africa than the heavy toll of the AIDS epidemic. In addition to the staggering costs in terms of social upheaval and human suffering, AIDS cuts down workers... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

"Carolinas Healthcare employs 120 staff working on data analytics, a big strategic investment but a major potential point of differentiation in the quest to both cut costs and improve patient... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

Biomedical: Making Pigs Fly Richard G. Hamermesh, Lauren Barley, and Ginger L. GrahamHarvard Business School Case 809-051 Proteus is a healthcare start-up that has developed technology to embed electronics for computing and sensing in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

efforts all around GE. But will this focus enable GE to achieve and maintain market leadership across a healthcare market that is being buffeted by strong currents, including cost pressures, changes in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where founders trade off the simplicity of accepting an equal split, with the costs of negotiating a differentiated allocation of founder... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Healthcare costs for employees of Onex’s portfolio companies were continuing to rise above the consumer price index, reflecting broader trends across employer-sponsored health insurance in the US.” Board... View Details

26 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

efficient. Entering patient data into a computer can cost doctors valuable patient time.Photo: iStockPhoto However, several studies indicated that when physicians spent extra time entering data themselves, it cut down time spent with... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

of needed capital. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55334 2018 Handbook of Healthcare Analytics: Theoretical Minimum for Conducting 21st Century Research on Healthcare... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

involved in healthcare or advocacy. HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan pointed out the question organizations need to answer: What can this organization do to solve this aspect of the problem? Bradach suggested points to consider in the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

Web

The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

absolutely want jobs. But we want competitive jobs that can last in a demanding global economy. MP: The sectors where you can generate the most jobs quickly tend to be in things like healthcare and construction—inherently local... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

20 Jan 2015
News

Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized

the cost of care. The records are secure—encrypted, password-protected, HIPAA-compliant, and not stored on a server. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bushkin read of displaced New Orleanians whose paper medical records had been... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

their pitch. Europe Alexander Azoulay, MBA '03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009 Dr. Consulta affordable View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 3

performing functions traditionally relegated to government. Yet these potential cost efficiencies from market competition are often offset by poor enforcement quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly onerous when... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

woes of the 1980s) has been ascribed to some or all of the following: excessive corporate bureaucracy, arrogance, and insularity; union obstinacy; exorbitant healthcare costs and retirement packages; bloated... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

could only be accomplished by specialists in less convenient, centralized settings. PCs, for example, brought computing power to individuals at a fraction of the cost of minicomputers, replacing the minicomputer specialist and centralized... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

Profile

Paris Wallace

app to recommend the best time for women to have intercourse to conceive. Wallace told Boston magazine that the company “may discover patterns and glean insights that would have been impossible for healthcare professionals to discern.”... View Details

12 Apr 2011
News

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

'03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India HBS Club of India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America HBS Club of Brazil Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009 Dr. Consulta affordable View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

to cut out a lot of the cost by being a direct-to-consumer model,” Voorhees told KATU2. The team launched a GoFundMe page and raised more than $30,000 to manufacture and distribute masks. They have distributed tens of thousands of N95 and... View Details

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