Health Care Spending - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Making the Case for Consumer-Driven Health Care

of health care is a major research topic at Harvard Business School and its Healthcare Initiative, where some 40 faculty conduct research on questions as diverse as how "work-around" cultures... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

25 Oct 2015
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Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

hundreds of billions in additional taxes to pay for the health care of the sick. Health care expenditures roughly follow Pareto's Law: Twenty... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

No one can convey the impact of an MBA from Harvard Business School better than our alumni. And, when it comes to a career health care, there are a multitude of paths that one can choose. From care delivery... View Details

28 Jun 2018
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Herzlinger: The Godmother of Consumer-Driven Health Care

10 Dec 2008
Other Presentation

New Research: Value-Based Health Care Delivery

By: Michael E. Porter and Rebecca Weintraub

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care," Journal of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; United States

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS... View Details

04 Jan 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Hospital Allocation and Racial Disparities in Health Care

Keywords: by Amitabh Chandra, Pragya Kakani, and Adam Sacarny; Health

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For Alumni - Health Care

For Alumni Making a Difference in Health Care Harvard Business School With more than 8,000 graduates working in all health care industries around... View Details

15 Jan 2008
Other Presentation

Value Based Health Care Delivery: Implications for Global Health

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care," Journal of the American... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

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February 2016 (Revised May 2016)
Case

Employee Health

By: John A. Quelch and Emily C. Boudreau

Keywords: Health Care; Empoylee Wellness Programs; Health Insurance; Mental Health; Corporate Culture; Employee Compensation; Health; Corporate Strategy; Europe; Asia; North America

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2009
Book

The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.D. and Jason Hwang M.D.

A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform—from a legendary leader in innovation. Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Disruptive Innovation; Health Industry; United States

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Increasing Value in Care Delivery - Health Care

Impact Increasing Value in Care Delivery Why an MD/MBA from HBS and HMS? Tobi Ogbechie Health Minute: Measure Costs Correctly for Better Patient Outcomes Health Minute: The... View Details

February 2018
Case

Aetna and the Transformation of Health Care

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Russell Eisenstat and Matthew Preble

Mark Bertolini, chairman and CEO of the health insurer Aetna, faces a number of questions as he seeks to transform Aetna from a classic insurance company into a business that will engage much more deeply with its members around their personal health goals. His strategy... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Transformation; Behavior; Leading Change; Strategy; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States; Connecticut

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13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

design with features that many people may not consider to be good value for the money. To return to the car analogy, it might demand a heated seat in every vehicle. As for public insurance, it ignores real costs in its pricing and may well force talented View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

11 Feb 2008 - 12 Feb 2008
Keynote Speech

Forces Affecting the Competitive Landscape in Health Care

Conference composed of 300 mid-level, senior health care executives focused on strategies to improve care, increase care margins, and grow clinical volumes in orthopedic service delivery. Presentation focused on major forces affecting care delivery: 1) quality and cost... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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Innovation and Performance Improvement in Health Care

By: Robert S. Huckman

This stream of Professor Huckman's work examines how organizations delivering health care can structure and manage their activities to improve operational performance. It addresses issues including the impact of various forms of familiarity on performance, the impact... 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

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