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- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains, but certain types of smaller practices... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
volume, is titled Consumer-Driven Health Care (Jossey-Bass, 2004). What is the fundamental difference between consumer-driven and managed health care? Over two decades ago, managed care, which gives a third party control over patients’ access to View Details
- Profile
Jordan Amadio
school—it's the best training for using science to help society." To be most productive, however, Jordan believed he needed to take an additional step. "We need physician researchers who can commercialize lab advances; who can... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ginger Jiang
country. I was several months away from graduating medical school, but I already had a professional and ethical responsibility to help this man as best as I could. When I began the MD/MBA program five years ago, I couldn’t have foreseen how much being a View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Health IT at the Bedside
surprisingly personal twist when my mother phoned to say that my father had been admitted to our local ER with unexplained fevers and chest discomfort. We soon learned that my dad’s past records — from care that took place across several doctors’ offices and hospitals... View Details
- Profile
Andrew Dervan
introduction to areas where physicians with clinical perspectives and business people with an economic perspective can cooperate to do great things for health care." Inspired, Andrew became one of the first candidates in the joint... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
the hallways, patients and their families mingle with physicians in loose-fitting scrubs making their rounds, earnest administrators with armfuls of files, busy nurses, and other hospital personnel who team up to make MGH a world-famous... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Cooper Elected Alumni Board President
president last year. Cooper, a native of South Africa, moved to Canada 24 years ago. He and a physician partner founded Scienta Health in 2004 to focus on preventive health care. View Details
Henry M. Flagler
Flagler originally moved to Florida at the suggestion of a physician who believed the temperate climate would be beneficial for his ailing wife. Though his wife died shortly after the move, Flagler was enamored with the then remote state.... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
practice. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52649 Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending By: Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
Vertex Appoints First Female CEO
says Kewalramani was selected because she is the “perfect candidate.” After her physician residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, Kewalramani worked in senior positions at Amgen. She joined Vertex in 2017. The fact that she is a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
directly to consumers. Do physicians take notice? Professor Emeritus Alvin Silk and Harvard’s Joel Weissman discuss a recent study. The Changing Roles of Doctors and Patients Richard Bohmer, a physician as... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53335 September 25, 2017 JAMA Internal Medicine The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-Being By: Shanafelt, Tait D., Joel Goh, and Christine A. Sinsky Abstract—Importance:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
E. Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn played an instrumental role in supporting legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove a drug’s effectiveness in clinical trials prior to its general release. A physician by training, Upjohn established the Medical... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
physicians are skeptical of recent innovations. Their “first do no harm” training favors a trial-and-error approach based on treating for the most likely diagnosis first, and moving on to something else if that doesn’t work. Third, View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
deviate from commonly accepted treatments. By that line of thought, medical malpractice lawsuits would put a damper on innovation, and tort reform laws that limit exposure would spur it. But, there is another potential effect. “When View Details
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Evan Rachlin
experienced as a medical student, business issues are an inescapable reality for any physician. While shadowing a pediatrician in private practice, he noticed the tension between the busy physician and a pharmaceutical representative... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Robert F. Higgins, MBA 1970
until we have people who understand both worlds: health and management,” Higgins says. “We have physicians who are doing a great job and managers who are doing a great job—but they speak different languages. The joint degree program... View Details
- Student-Profile
Celia Stafford
how feedback loops can be either reinforcing or balancing. “In a healthcare setting, there is a clear feedback loop between patient and physician satisfaction, which can be either vicious or virtuous,” she explains. “When View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Teens and Magazines: Where There's Smoke, There's Advertising
According to their 1998 agreement with the attorneys general of 46 states, the four largest U.S. tobacco companies are prohibited from using advertising that targets people younger than 18. But HBS assistant professor Charles King (with View Details