Chronic Disease - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

age, there are more consumers than ever before suffering from chronic conditions. Most no longer see disease and the timing of their death as inevitable. Supported by the Internet, many actively seek out... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

physiological state of the human body. A much better method is to get information about the DNA, RNA, and proteins. Understanding that information will help us detect a disease before it becomes symptomatic." Genzyme: Gail Maderis... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

the standards that people use in making judgments. The authors employed a novel method to test for, and rule out, such scale recalibration in self-reports of well-being. Design: The authors asked patients with chronic illness (either lung... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of head injuries on NFL players indicated a serious threat to the long-term viability of the game. Particularly concerning was the indication that some deceased professional football players had... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

School Case 813-169 Excel Entertainment No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813169-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-507 Texas Children's Hospital: Congenital Heart Disease Care In... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

to their specific needs—e.g., insurance for long-term care and drugs; easy access to integrated teams that specialize in treating chronic diseases and disabilities; pre-tax savings accounts for uninsured... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

reveals a person’s genetically based health risk across dozens of disease categories. 23andMe test results showed one patient at higher risk of liver and bowel cancer—and that made sense, given family history. The patient discussed the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

focuses almost entirely on disease care to keep people alive, but does very little to enable Americans to live healthy lives. The longer people live in their disease-prone years, the more they cost Medicare. AHCA doesn't really address... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

cycle of care. The business is congestive heart failure, for example, not heart surgery, cardiology, angiography, or anesthesiology. Traditional specialties are often too broad. The business is not nephrology, but chronic kidney disease,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

state after an outbreak of illness. Approved the first generic versions of Coreg, a widely used medication for high blood pressure and chronic heart failure. Proposed new standards for formulating, testing, and labeling sunscreen drug... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

all become consumers of the health care industry. Indeed, health care affects everyone and encompasses a diverse set of services from childbirth, to illness prevention, to the management of chronic disease... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

and Leslie John Abstract—Governments have proposed text warning labels to decrease consumption of sugary drinks—a contributor to chronic diseases like diabetes. However, they may be less effective than more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

treated for cancer out of the patient experience," says Feeley, who still serves as head of MD Anderson's Institute for Cancer Care Innovation. The bundles represent the treatments clinicians select for patients and take into account those patients with other... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

Pharmacyclics is a biotechnology company that had received FDA approval in late 2013 for its flagship asset Imbrivica (ibrutinib), a biologic treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and two other even rarer blood malignancies. Entering... View Details