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September 1990
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13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

around seventy months in 2002. The length of time it takes to develop a drug is obviously a major driver of the cost of developing the drug, Pisano said. "The productivity of R&D biotech is certainly not increasing," he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Health; Health

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(August 2014) Utah Hospitals Try the Unthinkable: Get a Grip on Costs USA TODAY Julie Appleby (June 2014) Retooling Hospitals, One Data Point at a Time KAISER HEALTH NEWS Julie Appleby (June 2014) Fixing The... View Details

29 Sep 2022
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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

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24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

their companies. If ever there was a time for leaders to be authentic, this is it. They need to be humble, open, and realistic about the health care and logistical challenges they are facing while using the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

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: by Julia Hanna; Health

December 2003
Article

Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and without a Centralized Match

By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth

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

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November 2019
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Many Medicare Beneficiaries with Serious Illness Report Financial Hardships Despite Coverage

By: Michael Anne Kyle, Robert J Blendon, John M Benson, Melinda K Abrams and Eric C Schneider

In a national survey, seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries described financial hardships resulting from their illness—despite high beneficiary satisfaction with Medicare overall and the fact that many have supplemental insurance. About half reported a serious problem... View Details

Keywords: Medicare; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Financial Condition

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26 May 2011
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A Prescription for 2011 Graduates

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

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Christina LaMontagne

Christina (HBS '09, Dartmouth '03) has held senior roles across innovative healthcare companies. She has led small digital health companies to achieve market leadership and >$100M ARR and has helped larger global companies embrace... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

employs 9,000 people and ranks as Georgia’s largest, most comprehensive health system. Under consideration this day is a proposal to add specialists — known as neurohospitalists — to manage care for patients... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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New Physicians: A Natural Experiment in Market Organization

By: A. E. Roth

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

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01 Dec 2003
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HIV/AIDS and Business

social and financial cost of inaction is so high that standing by is not an option, particularly for multinational corporations doing business in countries with high infection rates. “AIDS places a dramatic spotlight on the question of... View Details

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

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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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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