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June 2003 (Revised August 2008)
Teaching Note

Children's Hospital and Clinics (TN)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael Roberto and Laura Feldman

Teaching Note for (9-302-050). View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Safety; Performance; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

January 1982
Background Note

Proprietary Hospital Industry, Background Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

Article

Innovations à l'hôpital: perspectives américaines [Hospital Innovations: U.S. Perspectives]

By: Maryaline Catillon

Keywords: Hospital Management; Innovation; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Management; Health Industry

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13 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors

Tempura Women having a heart attack are less likely to die if their doctor is also female, a new study shows. How much less likely? When treated for a heart attack by men, the risk for women goes up 1.5 percent. That means roughly one in 66 women has a better chance of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

01 Jun 2010
News

Get Well Soon

story as well, because the senior team is tackling important problems and engaging people throughout the organization in solving them.” One of the key players is Dr. Uma Kotagal, a neonatologist with a deep-seated passion for improving the quality of View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

29 Sep 2022
Talk

Lessons from U.S. COVID Hospital Crisis

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Hospital Capacity; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Health Industry; United States

September 2016
Article

Communicating Value in Healthcare Using Radar Charts: A Case Study of Prostate Cancer

By: Nikhil G. Thaker, Tariq N. Ali, Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan and Steven J. Frank

Question: Can we create a value-based tool to visualize the outcomes and cost of various treatments that could facilitate patient-centered decision making?

Summary Answer: We developed a standardized value framework by using radar charts to visualize and... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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Article

New Physicians: A Natural Experiment in Market Organization

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Markets; Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

01 Sep 2010
News

Fair Trade

pharmaceutical companies. Avon bought health care companies and nursing homes. It turned out, however, that beauty and health had diverged too much from their common origin in... View Details

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

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Jessica Mbaeliachi

East and Turkey, based in the UAE. In this role she was responsible for launching innovative care delivery methods, and building long-term partnerships with an ecosystem of healthcare providers, investors and infrastructure developers.... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

Article

Hospital Disclosure Practices: Results of a National Survey

By: Rae M. Lamb, David M. Studdert, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Donald M. Berwick and Troyan A. Brennan

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Practice; Health Industry

Article

Ein Booster für die Pharmabranche [A Booster for the Pharmaceutical Industry]

By: Ariel Dora Stern, Timo Minssen, W. Nicholson Price, II and Christoph Grimpe

mRNA technology has just helped to develop vaccines against COVID-19. Now, like Apple's iOS, it could provide the basis for new innovation platforms. View Details

Keywords: mRNA; COVID-19; Vaccines; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry

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01 Mar 2014
News

Feedback

perseverance, and teamwork. —Michael Brown (MBA 1970) via LinkedIn Curing Health Care Re: How can our health care system be fixed? This is all... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

04 Nov 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals

Keywords: by Hummy Song, Robert S. Huckman & Jason R. Barro; Health

14 Jul 2021
Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

flat, nimble, Moderna culture.” Looking ahead, Llano knows that the experience of working for a company who is contributing so much to world health will be an experience she’ll never forget. She’ll also be able to utilize her experience... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

April 2010 (Revised April 2010)
Teaching Note

Managing Orthopaedics at Rittenhouse Medical Center (TN)

By: Robert S. Huckman and Richard M.J. Bohmer

Teaching Note for [607152]. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management; Health Industry

1977
Chapter

Cost Benefit Analysis of Surgery: Some Additional Caveats and Interpretation

By: Jerry R. Green

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

January 2020
Teaching Note

GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (A) and (B)

By: Shai Benjamin Bernstein

This teaching note is meant to accompany “GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (A),” HBS No. 820-041, and “GeBBS Healthcare Solutions: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? (B),” HBS No. 820-074. The cases follow Nitin Thakor, President... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Decision Making; Health Industry