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- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
experience with patients who were exposed to DTCA. The majority of surgeon respondents reported DTCA had an overall negative impact on their practice and their interaction with patients (74%), and their patients often were confused or misinformed about the appropriate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 2011
- Article
Kidney Paired Donation
By: C. Bradley Wallis, Kannan P. Samy, Alvin E. Roth and Michael A. Rees
Kidney paired donation (KPD) was first suggested in 1986, but it was not until 2000 when the first paired donation transplant was performed in the U.S. In the past decade, KPD has become the fastest growing source of transplantable kidneys, overcoming the barrier faced... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Success; Problems and Challenges; Programs; System; United States
Wallis, C. Bradley, Kannan P. Samy, Alvin E. Roth, and Michael A. Rees. "Kidney Paired Donation." Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation 26, no. 7 (July 2011): 2091–2099.
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
Effects of Sex Selection on Intrahousehold Outcomes in India By: Hussam, Reshmaan Abstract—Sex ratios at birth have risen steadily over the last three decades across much of the developing world. Many attribute this rise to improved... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
observational study included all patients undergoing a head CT between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 at a large, urban academic ED with over 100,000 visits per year. The primary study outcome was total cycle time, defined as the elapsed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
only—measure of success. But recent forces are pushing CEOs to adopt long-term and broader considerations, which requires consideration of various outcomes related to sustainability. For example, a growing number of companies around the... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
quota structure in some stores, while testing the existent monthly quota in others. “We had to make sure the stores in the control group did not talk to the stores in the treatment group,” Chung says. Two, the chain sold products ranging... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
Paulo, Brazil, attempt to tease out some of the distinctions that exist in SOEs today, and propose under what circumstances they might be advantageous or even desirable in the marketplace. In their paper—an advance treatment for a more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Vital Signs
schedules to reduce the spread of disease. So for non-high-risk mothers who would’ve had 12 in-person appointments before, that’s getting cut in half. Perhaps we’ll find that outcomes are the same, and we just made the prenatal health... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. Almost $170 million in medical debt To measure the impact of medical debt relief, the researchers conducted two experiments in partnership with RIP Medical Debt and their debt collector partners. The authors tracked View Details
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
consumer. The system needs to be redesigned so that each participant is motivated to increase value, measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. This excerpt discusses how healthcare providers can shift to a value-based model. An... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
value for patients, as measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. Porter recently talked about the book. The American model of health-care delivery is largely private and competitive. Yet costs are soaring, access is restricted, and... View Details
- March 1990 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
New York Against AIDS (A): The Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Advertising Campaign
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sohel Karim
Describes the background leading to the development of an advertising campaign to help prevention of AIDS in New York City. The three television networks, however, for various reasons reject the campaign, to the dismay of Saatchi & Saatchi executives. View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Growth and Development; Health Care and Treatment; Marketing Communications; Failure; Advertising Industry; New York (city, NY)
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sohel Karim. "New York Against AIDS (A): The Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Advertising Campaign." Harvard Business School Case 590-036, March 1990. (Revised March 1992.)
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
empowerment would lead to better outcomes and lower costs. “In the world of health care, maybe the curve goes in the other direction, as I suggested in the 23andMe example,” he said. “If you empower consumers, they start asking a lot of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
he recalls. Within months, Wyman exited the firm, but several years passed before he found his new calling, what he regards as the transformational outcome of his HBS experience. Building on their previous experiences in Rwanda, the... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
outcome for the child. "SynapDx is doing very well and completing a large clinical study thanks to a $15 million investment from Google Ventures," says Anquetil, who retains an ownership stake in the company but is no longer involved in... View Details
- June 2021
- Article
Developing a Value Framework: Utilizing Administrative Data to Assess an Enhanced Care Initiative
By: Casey J. Allen, Jarrod S. Eska, Nikhil G. Thaker, Thomas W. Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan, Ryan W. Huey, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, Jeffrey E. Lee, Steven J. Frank, Thomas A. Aloia, Vijaya Gottumukkala and Matthew H.G. Katz
We used national administrative data to assess multiple domains of value associated with enhanced recovery pathways for patients undergoing pancreatic surgery. Value metrics included in-hospital mortality, complication rates, length of stay (LOS), 30-day readmission... View Details
Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement
Allen, Casey J., Jarrod S. Eska, Nikhil G. Thaker, Thomas W. Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan, Ryan W. Huey, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, Jeffrey E. Lee, Steven J. Frank, Thomas A. Aloia, Vijaya Gottumukkala, and Matthew H.G. Katz. "Developing a Value Framework: Utilizing Administrative Data to Assess an Enhanced Care Initiative." Journal of Surgical Research 262 (June 2021): 115–120.
- December 2009 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan
By: Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F Baron and C. Jason Wang
Taiwan's Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center has developed an integrated, team-based care delivery model for breast cancer care that is being expanded to other cancer types in 2009. A decade earlier, President and CEO Dr. Andrew Huang and the Center had worked... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Quality; Integration; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Taiwan
Porter, Michael E., Jennifer F Baron, and C. Jason Wang. "Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan." Harvard Business School Case 710-425, December 2009. (Revised May 2012.)
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
quickly than inflation; restriction of access and services; standards of care that lag behind accepted benchmarks; frequent treatment errors; wide variations in practice patterns; slow adoption of best practices; and slow diffusion of... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
differences in strategic orientation choices and their performance outcomes for American and Japanese entrepreneurial firms, focusing on founders' achievement motivation as a key personal disposition. Design/methodology/approach: A survey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models through the analysis of individual firm choices. We situate negotiation outcomes within the strategy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel