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- September 2018
- Article
Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services
By: Maria Ibanez, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
Work-scheduling research typically prescribes task sequences implemented by managers. Yet employees often have discretion to deviate from their prescribed sequence. Using data from 2.4 million radiological diagnoses, we find that doctors prioritize similar tasks... View Details
Keywords: Discretion; Scheduling; Queue; Healthcare; Learning; Experience; Decentralization; Operations; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Decisions; Time Management; Cost vs Benefits; Health Industry
Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats. "Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services." Management Science 64, no. 9 (September 2018): 4389–4407. (Working paper available here. Winner of the 2017 Best Paper Competition of the POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management. Featured in Forbes, Quartz, and Inc.)
- January 2014
- Teaching Plan
MedImmune Ventures
By: Richard Hamermesh and Andrew Otazo
"MedImmune Ventures" highlights the problems faced by corporate venture capital firms, the challenges of investing in early-stage healthcare, and the difficulty of operating in distant markets. View Details
Keywords: MedImmune Ventures; NeuProtect; Corporate Venture Capital; Ron Laufer; Australia; Starfish Ventures; AstraZeneca; MEVE; Healthcare; Startup; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Health Industry; Australia; United States
Hamermesh, Richard, and Andrew Otazo. "MedImmune Ventures." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 814-039, January 2014.
- January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Family Matters at ProLab
By: Noam Wasserman and Yael Braid
Hillary Mallow, founder-CEO of ProLab, learns that her health-services company is two months shy of bankruptcy. She needs to act—immediately—but isn't sure where to begin. Prolab's client list and geographic presence have grown steadily over the years, so the recent... View Details
Wasserman, Noam, and Yael Braid. "Family Matters at ProLab." Harvard Business School Case 813-130, January 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
- March 2012 (Revised March 2012)
- Teaching Note
Ganging up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Heidi K. Gardner
Keywords: Health Industry
- January 2011 (Revised January 2012)
- Teaching Note
The Case of the Unidentified Healthcare Companies2010 (TN)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Ethan S Bernstein
Teaching Note for 611043. View Details
Keywords: Health Industry
- October 2010 (Revised June 2015)
- Teaching Note
MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (A) and (B)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
Teaching Note for 810004 and 815113. View Details
- March 2010
- Teaching Note
Alltech...naturally (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
Teaching Note for [508033]. View Details
Keywords: Health Industry
- January 2010 (Revised August 2012)
- Supplement
Hospital for Special Surgery (B): Continuing Challenges of Growth
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Laura Low Ah Kee
After its successful new U.K. venture, the Hospital for Special Surgery wants to do more of the same, without decimating its core New York City facility. The case provides considerable details about the different options it is exploring. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Laura Low Ah Kee. "Hospital for Special Surgery (B): Continuing Challenges of Growth." Harvard Business School Supplement 310-077, January 2010. (Revised August 2012.)
- January 2010
- Teaching Note
MedVal Ventures, Fortis Healthcare (A), Fortis Healthcare (B), and Note on Medical Travel (TN)
Teaching Note for [308087], [308030], [308080], and [308084]. View Details
- January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research
By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
This case examines the strategy implementation and risk management decisions at Sydney IVF, a research-based in vitro fertilization and stem cell company based in Australia. Drs. Robert Jansen and Jock Anderson, who co-founded Sydney IVF in 1986, developed novel... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Genetics; Commercialization; Health Industry; Australia
Simons, Robert L., Kathryn Rosenberg, and Natalie Kindred. "Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research." Harvard Business School Case 109-017, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
- March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Teaching Note
Cleveland Clinic (TN)
By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson and Christine Harris-Van Keuren
Teaching Note for [607143]. View Details
Keywords: Health Industry
- February 2008
- Teaching Note
ThedaCare: System Strategy (TN)
By: Michael E. Porter and Sachin H. Jain
Teaching Note for 708-424. View Details
- October 2007 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
DW Healthcare Partners
Keywords: Health Industry
Ruback, Richard S. "DW Healthcare Partners." Harvard Business School Case 208-005, October 2007. (Revised August 2008.)
- October 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals
By: V.G. Narayanan, Michael G. Wilson and Rachel Gordon
After the merger of two local hospitals, hospital leaders much decide how to reorganize services to take advantage of newly created efficiencies. Focuses on the Orthopedics department at one of the hospitals. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Competitive Advantage; Health Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Michael G. Wilson, and Rachel Gordon. "Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals." Harvard Business School Case 108-016, October 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- September 2007 (Revised October 2007)
- Supplement
Children's Hospital and Clinics (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Ingrid M. Nembhard and Kate Roloff
Explores the numerous initiatives Children's Hospital and Clinics has undertaken to improve patient safety since the late 1990s--from the perspective of 2007. The case thus updates the A case by revisiting the hospital to find out what happened as a result of the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Legal Liability; Leadership; Management Teams; Health Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Kate Roloff. "Children's Hospital and Clinics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-073, September 2007. (Revised October 2007.)
- December 2006
- Supplement
Dental Corp--video
Hamermesh, Richard G. "Dental Corp--video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 807-703, December 2006.
- June 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
ACHAP (African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships): the Merck/Gates Initiative in Botswana
By June 2004, ACHAP, a three-way partnership of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck, and the Botswana government, had committed nearly $60 million of the $100 million toward various AIDS education, prevention, and treatment programs. It was time to evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "ACHAP (African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships): the Merck/Gates Initiative in Botswana." Harvard Business School Case 505-057, June 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- July 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Istituto Clinico Humanitas (B)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Istituto Clinico Humanitas (B)." Harvard Business School Case 605-019, July 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- February 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Teaching Note
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The (TN)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Teaching Note for (9-699-025). View Details
Keywords: Health Industry
- February 2002 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
U.S. Labs
By: Michael J. Roberts and Robert F. Higgins
Describes the evolution of a start-up venture in the pathology lab segment of the clinical lab business. U.S. Labs tries a series of business models before running out of cash. The company is in dire need of financing, as its venture capital backers are refusing to put... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Business Model; Business or Company Management; Planning; Business Strategy; Health Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Robert F. Higgins. "U.S. Labs." Harvard Business School Case 802-163, February 2002. (Revised May 2004.)