Publications

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

accessibility and robust data on EDGAR’s website with what information exists on health care quality and cost. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the SEC as a “truth” agency View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

October 2019 (Revised July 2020)
Case

Serbia at a Crossroads

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Federica Gabrieli and Jyotika Banga

In the fall of 2018, Serbia found itself at a crossroads yet again. Following the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and the collapse of Yugoslavia, the country had embarked on a slow and arduous process of accession to the European Union (EU). This had been further hampered by... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitics; EU Accession; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; War; Social Issues; Serbia

01 Sep 2006
News

What Health Care Needs to Be About: A Dose of Transparency

23 Dec 2015
News

The Untapped Potential of Health Care APIs

May 2007 (Revised July 2011)
Case

The West German Headache Center: Integrated Migraine Care

By: Michael E. Porter, Clemens Guth and Elisa M. Dannemiller

Describes the joint efforts of the German health plan KKH and Essen University Hospital to develop an integrated practice unit (IPU), and the West German Headache Center's efforts to improve the quality of migraine care. Provides an overview of the German health care... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Industry Structures; Service Delivery; Integration; Health Industry; Germany

07 Jan 2015
News

Improving health care delivery

Elaine Goodman (MBA 2015) will combine her business and medical skills to improve health care — and avoid the mistakes she witnessed when her mother died of cancer. (Published January 2015) View Details

Web

History - Health Care

Health Care Initiative History 1967 First Health Care Case: Fischer Pharmaceutical, Co. 1971 Regina Herzlinger becomes the first woman tenured at Harvard Business School 1979 Marlene Krauss becomes the first... View Details

2018
Working Paper

Two Hundred Years of Health and Medical Care: The Importance of Medical Care for Life Expectancy Gains

By: Maryaline Catillon, David Cutler and Thomas Getzen

Using two hundred years of national and Massachusetts data on medical care and health, we examine how central medical care is to life expectancy gains. While common theories about medical care cost growth stress growing demand, our analysis highlights the importance of... View Details

Keywords: Mortality; Life Expectancy; Medical Care; Productivity; Public Health; Healthcare Spending; Spending Per Year Of Life Gained; Personal Medicine; Technophysio Evolution; Health; Economics; Health Care and Treatment; Spending; Data and Data Sets; Health Industry

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Article

Lessons from Mayo Clinic's Redesign of Stroke Care

By: Robert S. Kaplan, W. David Freeman, Kevin M. Barrett, Lisa Nordan, Aaron C. Spaulding and Meredith Karney

Facing escalating costs of medications and technology, health care patients and providers in the United States continue to search for opportunities to reduce overall costs while maintaining and improving health care outcomes. The Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Stroke Center... View Details

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Article

The Covid-19 Pandemic Should Not Delay Actions to Prevent Anticompetitive Consolidation in U.S. Health Care Markets

By: Leemore S. Dafny

This article describes potential regulatory and legislative reforms to assist antitrust enforcement agencies in halting anticompetitive acquisitions and practices, and preserving and promoting competition in health care markets. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Competition; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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September 2012 (Revised May 2015)
Case

Philips-Visicu

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Natalie Kindred and Sara M. McKinley

Would the advent of global payment models and ACOs create sufficient demand for a telemedicine offering covering the care continuum, from hospitals to the home? This was the decision facing Royal Philips Electronics (Philips), the Netherlands-based producer of... View Details

Fast Answer

Transforming Health Care Delivery

health care and life sciences. Technavio- global market reports on health care sectors such as pharmaceutical, therapeutics, biotechnology and medical imaging Articles and News Articles on... View Details

March 1999 (Revised February 2000)
Case

Patient Care Delivery Model at the Massachusetts General Hospital, The

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Emily Heaphy

Examines the implementation of a new patient care delivery model at Massachusetts General Hospital. Uses clinical and financial data to examine different choices for staffing non-physician health care professionals and to understand the challenges of managing change... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Massachusetts

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For Recruiters - Health Care

Average number of graduates who accept jobs in health care each year 10 % First-year students complete summer internships in health care MBA Recruiting Visit the MBA Recruiting site View Details

Article

Health Care Challenges for Leaders

By: R. E. Herzlinger

From ancient times to today, perceptive leaders have galvanized people by appealing to commonly shared values. Indeed, a discussion of leadership is virtually impossible without talking about values. As the articles in this issue demonstrate,Values are what animate... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Values and Beliefs