Value-based Health Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2024
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By: George A Riedel, Allison J. Wigen and Dave Habeeb

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Abstract: In fall 2021, a team of students from the HBS Impact Investing Fund considered Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Business Model; Investment; Health Industry; United States

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Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019) - Recruiting

first-generation and low-income student success Shoma Simkin 04 Mar 2025 WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley Michelle Cao 26 Feb 2025 Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street View Details

August 2021 (Revised February 2023)
Case

Fair Park Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Site (A)

By: Willy Shih

This case is an opportunity to apply the methods of the Toyota Production System (TPS) to the analysis of an everyday service application: administering Covid-19 vaccines. It describes the start-up of a drive-up Covid-19 mass vaccination site at the Texas State Fair... View Details

Keywords: Operations Improvement; Operations And Processes; Toyota Production System; COVID-19 Pandemic; Operations; Service Operations; Health Pandemics; Problems and Challenges; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States; Texas

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01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

taken by photographer Webb Chappell, who did his excellent work in the Stamps Reading Room in Baker Library. Sachin Jain To Your Health Jain “Starting when I was about six,” Sachin Jain recalls, “I’d watch the evening news with my father,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

23 Jul 2015
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How Pharma Can Offer More than Pills

Keywords: healthcare; pharma; services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

24 Apr 2014
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Saving lives through new vaccine technology

has several years of regulatory hurdles ahead, it is working in the interim with global health organizations to explore applying the technology to a wide range of vaccines. “Our goal is to lower the cost across the globe and make sure... View Details

26 May 2022
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Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories

Clubs News Clubs News Digital health platform Noom awarded Entrepreneurial Company of the Year In a virtual award celebration held on April 6, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSANC) honored the digital View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 Mar 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Advancing Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research Through Open Innovation Competitions

Keywords: by Blasco, Andrea, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Anup Jonchhe, Max Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, Jin H. Paik, Bryan Briney, Chunlei Wu, Andrew I. Su, Aravind Subramanian, and Karim R. Lakhani; Health

01 Jun 2006
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Faculty Books

ensure that alignment is sustained. Redefining Health Care by Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (HBS Press) Professor Porter and his colleague argue that health... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

June 2010 (Revised September 2012)
Teaching Note

Patient Flow at Brigham and Women's Hospital (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Anita L. Tucker

Teaching Note for 608171 and 608172. View Details

Keywords: Business Processes; Change; Employees; Emotions; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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May 1993
Case

Patient Transfusion Services Lab of Central Blood Bank

By: James L. Heskett

The vice president of the Lab and Clinical Services at Central Blood Bank is faced with the challenge of convincing a hospital to use economical shared patient transfusion testing services. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Service Operations; Mathematical Methods; Customer Satisfaction; Health Industry

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17 Jul 2016
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Tort Reform and Innovation

Keywords: by Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo; Health; Health

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

1981. The School's Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, Herzlinger is the author of seven best-selling books, including her landmark volume Market-Driven Health Care (1997), which... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

16 Dec 2016
News

Search for a Youth Medicine Never Grows Old

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

September 2012 (Revised September 2012)
Course Overview Note

Building Life Science Businesses Fall 2012: Course Outline and Syllabus

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Richard G. Hamermesh

This Course Outline and Syllabus gives an overview of the Fall 2012 class Building Life Science Businesses View Details

Keywords: Healthcare Ventures; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Asia; North America; Europe

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June 2016
Article

When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs

By: Damir Ljuboja, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant and Sachin Jain

There has been substantial growth in the number of physicians pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees over the past decade, but there is continuing debate over the utility of these programs and the career outcomes of their graduates. The authors... View Details

Keywords: Medical Education; MD; MBA; Physicians; Executive Education; Training; Personal Development and Career; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

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October 2013
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Barriers to Completion of Patient Reported Outcome Measures

By: Elizabeth H. Schamber, Steven K. Takemoto, Kate Eresian Chenek and Kevin J. Bozic

Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) are commonly used in total joint arthroplasty (TJA) to assess surgical outcomes. However certain patient populations may be underrepresented due to lower survey completion rates. The purpose of this study is to evaluate... View Details

Keywords: Patient Reported Outcome Measures; PROM; Total Joint Arthroplasty; Hip; Knee; Electronic Survey; Equality and Inequality; Demographics; Surveys; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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2013
Working Paper

An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay

By: Jillian Berry Jaeker and Anita Tucker

We use two years of inpatient data from 243 California hospitals to quantify the relationship between hospital-level workload and patient length of stay (LOS), and its "spillover" effects across patient types. Patients are categorized as medical or surgical, and the... View Details

Keywords: Workload; Processing Times; Healthcare; Working Conditions; Performance Productivity; Time Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; California

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