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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
that personalized medicine brings. This is particularly important in fast-moving diseases, where the window for a positive outcome is small. What aspects of their business model do pharmaceutical companies need to redesign to hasten the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2016
- News
The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery
Josue Zapata (MD/MBA 2012) is chief resident in internal medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. In this interview he discusses how he is utilizing his business training to make a difference in patient treatment and... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less effective View Details
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
Sir Harpal Kumar (MBA 1991) is CEO of Cancer Research UK, which is the world’s second largest cancer research organization. In this video, he talks about the challenges facing cancer researchers and doctors around world and offers an optimistic view of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Making a Statement
doctors were quite competent, but the group wasn’t working together. “We brought in a comprehensive, integrated system, with a better flow of information, and patient outcomes improved dramatically,” says Paul. The company that grew out... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Research Brief: Great Expectations
treat other people and the expectations we hold drive how they turn out.” His findings appear in the paper, “The Passionate Pygmalion Effect: Passionate Employees Attain Better Outcomes in Part Because of More Preferential View Details
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
that increased conformity can work and need not represent a doomsday outcome as some have suggested. 3. Stock options are a critical part of our economic system today. They are extremely valuable tools that have numerous benefits and... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
searching, reasoning, and learning. In health care, AI assists doctors in diagnosing diseases, prescribing optimal treatment plans, and enhancing patient engagement with personalized approaches. Additionally, AI can handle administrative... View Details
- 20 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management
challenges. Water Treatment Plant Visit During our visit to the city’s water treatment plant, we were struck by the scale and complexity of Mumbai’s water management system. The facility currently processes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
treatments and toward value for patients; he defined “value” as “health outcomes per dollar spent.” Instead of the current system of disjointed, episodic medical interventions, Porter argued for an... View Details
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
outcomes in order to idenify opportunities for value improvement and develop reimbursement models aligned with high value care delivery. Read more about Value-Based Health Care Delivery Read more about Measuring Costs Action Research The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
out a comprehensive survey of their clinic experience in exchange for access to a complete database of anonymous reviews. (The information is verified by the patient, who submits a scan of a clinic document, and will also be available for a monthly subscription fee to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
must expect health plans to direct patients to excellent providers, not those provider networks that offer the biggest discounts.” What to do? The most important single change necessary is for employers to think about health care in terms of value, not cost. Value is... View Details
- February 2024
- Article
Investing in Long-Term Health
By: Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra
Baicker, Katherine, and Amitabh Chandra. "Investing in Long-Term Health." e240193. JAMA Health Forum 5, no. 2 (February 2024).
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
right kind of competition working. The health care system can achieve stunning gains in quality and efficiency. And employers, the major purchasers of health care services, could lead the transformation. [ ] Positive-sum Competition In a healthy system, competition at... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
on a holistic treatment plan comprising one of eight "bundles." “If we can drive down costs while improving outcomes, that will be much more favorable to our economy and to our competitiveness as a nation” "We're hoping... View Details
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
see which clinicians, hospitals, insurers, and others provide the best value." Even if the Trump rules hold up, they cannot provide the full accounting of prices and outcomes the health care system needs. For that, the United States... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
home as well, since they had come to to help with the baby, and now were staying to help with my treatment. About six months into my treatment journey, I did return back to the startup that I was working with and continued to work with... View Details
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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
outcomes achieved per dollar spent . HBS Professors Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter detail how time-driven activity-based costing can be used to accurately measure costs at the patient level for the span of an entire medical condition.... View Details
- 2022
- Article
Investigating the Association Between Telemedicine Use and Timely Follow-Up Care After Acute Cardiovascular Hospital Encounters
By: Mitchell Tang, A Jay Holmgren, Erin E. McElrath, Ankeet S. Bhatt, Anubodh S. Varshney, Simin Gharib Lee, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Dale S. Adler and Robert S. Huckman
Background: Telemedicine use increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, questions remain as to how telemedicine use impacts care.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of increased telemedicine use on rates of... View Details
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of increased telemedicine use on rates of... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Telemedicine; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Behavior; Health Industry; United States
Tang, Mitchell, A Jay Holmgren, Erin E. McElrath, Ankeet S. Bhatt, Anubodh S. Varshney, Simin Gharib Lee, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Dale S. Adler, and Robert S. Huckman. "Investigating the Association Between Telemedicine Use and Timely Follow-Up Care After Acute Cardiovascular Hospital Encounters." JACC: Advances 1, no. 5 (2022).