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Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021

Mission to Improve the Health Care System Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022), a fellowship recipient who emigrated from Syria at age five, is a member of the first cohort of the MS/MBA in Biotechnology: Life Sciences... View Details

August 2022 (Revised January 2025)
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NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?

By: George A Riedel, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin

In fall 2021, a team of students from the HBS Impact Investing Fund considered Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical Therapy (NOW PT) for a potential investment. Dr. Banks, the founder of NOW PT, drove to visit patients. She sought an investment from the fund to open a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Buildings and Facilities; Health Industry; Health Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts

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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ISC’s Value-Measurement in Health Care executive education courses is a good way for leaders to understand TDABC and how they can contribute to successful completion of these costing analyses. Q: Why are so... View Details

June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
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Dr. Cameron Powell and AirStrip Technologies: After the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

Dr. Cameron Powell and his partner, Trey Moore, co-founders of the innovative company, AirStrip Technologies, have developed a series of apps for the iPhone and other smartphones that can help doctors monitor the vital signs of their patients anytime, anywhere. They... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States

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24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

Dx: A diagnostic support tool for health care professionals that augments clinical diagnoses. Alumna: Lorin Gresser, MBA 1998 Region: Europe EZNectar: EZNectar. EZ on your time. EZ on your conscience. For... View Details

January 2013 (Revised February 2013)
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Shouldice Hospital Limited (B)

By: James Heskett and Roger Hallowell

Keywords: Hospital; Hernia; Surgery; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment

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Smarter Farming

stewardship or care for their natural environment. So having renamed PAMU as an organization [from Landcorp Farming], we're very focused on embedding Kaitiakitanga and the value of care in everything that... View Details

Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture

13 Jun 2005
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From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology

employed by the hospitals in which they work. The resulting social interactions between these individuals and groups within hospitals provide a fruitful setting for examining issues that are of relevance to organizations in a broader range of industries. The hospital... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Health

21 Dec 2012
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Kathy Giusti's Quest for a Cure

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

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BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society

for entrepreneurship at HBS. Health Care Initiative With global health care spending greater than $8.5 trillion, there is no shortage of... View Details

November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
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Computerized Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil, Andrew Katz, Michael Morgan and David LaBorde

The Computerized Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare case presents one hospital system's efforts to implement computerized provider order entry (CPOE) across all of its hospitals and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues such as standardization of care,... View Details