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- April 2025
- Case
#FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care
By: David J. Collis, Benjamin C. Esty and Haisley Wert
In February 2024, Fresenius CEO Michael Sen reflected on the company’s transformation journey from his office in Bad Homburg, Germany. With revenues of €22 billion and a mission to advance patient care, Fresenius had built a strong reputation through decades of... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Finance; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Health Industry; Germany; United States
Collis, David J., Benjamin C. Esty, and Haisley Wert. "#FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 725-361, April 2025.
- December 2009 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Phreesia: The Patient Intake Company
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Sunaina Yarlagadda and Brian L. Walker
How should the co-founders of an organization that provides patient sign-in and billing services scale their company after five years of successfully targeting small private physician practices? Phreesia had deployed a direct mail and sales force strategy that resulted... View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., Sunaina Yarlagadda, and Brian L. Walker. "Phreesia: The Patient Intake Company." Harvard Business School Case 310-066, December 2009. (Revised March 2025.)
- May–June 2020
- Article
The Agenda for the Next Generation of Health Care Information Technology
By: Thomas W. Feeley, Zachary Landman and Michael E. Porter
As the diffusion of value-based health care efforts accelerates globally, the need for interoperable information technology systems that support value-based care is essential. Such systems are needed to facilitate dramatic improvements in patient outcomes and... View Details
Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Integration; Performance Improvement; Performance Efficiency
Feeley, Thomas W., Zachary Landman, and Michael E. Porter. "The Agenda for the Next Generation of Health Care Information Technology." NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 1, no. 3 (May–June 2020).
- April 2014 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Texas Children's Hospital: Congenital Heart Disease Care
By: Michael E. Porter, Justin M. Bachmann and Zachary C. Landman
In 2014, Dr. Charles D. Fraser Jr., Surgeon-in-Chief of Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, was contemplating the future direction of the congenital heart disease program. The nation's largest pediatric hospital, Texas Children's was ranked by U.S. News & World... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Congenital Heart Disease; Integrated Practice Units; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement; Health Industry; United States; Texas
Porter, Michael E., Justin M. Bachmann, and Zachary C. Landman. "Texas Children's Hospital: Congenital Heart Disease Care." Harvard Business School Case 714-507, April 2014. (Revised March 2018.)
- November 2012 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs (V)
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski and Jessica A. Hohman
Keywords: Health Care; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Costing; Hospitals; Activity Based Costing and Management
Kaplan, Robert S., Mary L. Witkowski, and Jessica A. Hohman. "Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs (V)." Harvard Business School Case 113-057, November 2012. (Revised June 2014.)
- March–April 2024
- Article
Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together
By: Robert S. Huckman, Vivian S. Lee and Bradley R Staats
Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health systems were to form strong... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Retail; Retailers; Consumer; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Consumer Behavior; Business Model; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Huckman, Robert S., Vivian S. Lee, and Bradley R Staats. "Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 2 (March–April 2024): 120–127.
- September 2017
- Editorial
Helping Patients with Cancer Navigate Narrow Networks
By: Stephen M. Schleicher, Emeline M. Aviki and Thomas W. Feeley
The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) was designed primarily to improve patient access to affordable health care. The access-expanding provisions of the ACA included federal- and state-based health insurance exchanges with minimum coverage requirements and preexisting... View Details
Schleicher, Stephen M., Emeline M. Aviki, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Helping Patients with Cancer Navigate Narrow Networks." Journal of Clinical Oncology 35, no. 27 (September 2017): 3095–3096.
- 08 Jun 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
- September 2011 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience
By: Ananth Raman and Anita L. Tucker
Healthcare has traditionally focused on medical outcomes and financial performance. The big question is always, "How much is it going to cost?" What would happen, though, if healthcare also considered the question of "How does the patient feel?" This case looks at the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Customer Satisfaction; Performance Improvement; Service Delivery; Value Creation; Personal Characteristics; Human Needs
Raman, Ananth, and Anita L. Tucker. "Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience." Harvard Business School Case 612-031, September 2011. (Revised February 2013.)
- Research Summary
Physician vs. Patient Incentives in Prescription Drug Choice
The market for medical care involves interactions among patients, providers, and the insurers who pay for the care of their enrollees. The division of responsibilities creates scope for agency costs and moral hazard in the physician's treatment choice.... View Details
- October 5, 2017
- Article
Making Patients and Doctors Happier—The Potential of Patient-Reported Outcomes
By: Lisa Rotenstein, Robert S. Huckman and Neil Wagle
Rotenstein, Lisa, Robert S. Huckman, and Neil Wagle. "Making Patients and Doctors Happier—The Potential of Patient-Reported Outcomes." New England Journal of Medicine 377, no. 14 (October 5, 2017): 1309–1312.
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
Patients are not actually the customers in the United States health care system, a fact largely to blame for the dearth of communication and data sharing between providers, according to experts at a recent... View Details
- June 2008 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Patient Flow at Brigham and Women's Hospital (A)
By: Anita L. Tucker and Jillian Alexandra Berry
Brigham and Women's Hospital challenged a team of physicians to improve patient flow from the Emergency Department to Intensive Care Units (ICUs). One of the team members, Selwyn Rogers, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Brigham and Women's... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Service Operations; Business Processes; Performance Productivity; Conflict and Resolution; Health Industry; Massachusetts
Tucker, Anita L., and Jillian Alexandra Berry. "Patient Flow at Brigham and Women's Hospital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-171, June 2008. (Revised October 2010.)
- Article
One Obstacle to Curing Cancer: Patient Data Isn't Shared
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti
Precision Medicine requires large datasets to identify the mutations that lead to various cancers. Currently, genomic information is hoarded in fragmented silos within numerous academic medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, and some disease-based foundations. For... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Treatment; Precision Medicine; Personalized Medicine; Data Sharing; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Research and Development; Customization and Personalization; Health Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "One Obstacle to Curing Cancer: Patient Data Isn't Shared." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 28, 2016).
- October 2002 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Intermountain Health Care
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
Intermountain Health Care (IHC), an integrated delivery system based in Utah, has adopted a new strategy for managing health care delivery. The approach focuses management attention not only on the facilities where care takes place but also on physician decision making... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Innovation Strategy; Cost Management; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Technology Adoption; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Adoption; Change Management; Cost vs Benefits; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Utah
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Laura Feldman. "Intermountain Health Care." Harvard Business School Case 603-066, October 2002. (Revised March 2013.)
- April 2011 (Revised March 2012)
- Supplement
U.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Supplement to "U.S. Healthcare Reform: International Perspectives" updating key events and disputes concerning the reform law, including the 2010 Congressional elections, legislative proposals, legal challenges, and responses by employers. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Political Elections; Health Care and Treatment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Public Opinion; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "U.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-103, April 2011. (Revised March 2012.)
- 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
Allen, Casey J., 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. "Developing a Value Framework: Utilizing Administrative Data to Assess an Enhanced Care Initiative." Journal of Surgical Research 262 (June 2021): 115–120.
- Article
Medical Group Structural Integration May Not Ensure That Care Is Integrated, From The Patient's Perspective
By: Michaela J. Kerrissey, Jonathan Clark, Mark Friedberg, Wei Jiang, Ashley Kay Fryer, Molly Frean, Stephen Shortell, Patricia Ramsay, Lawrence Casalino and Sara J. Singer
Structural integration is increasing among medical groups, but whether these changes yield care that is more integrated remains unclear. We explored the relationships between structural integration characteristics of 144 medical groups and perceptions of integrated... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Health Care Delivery; Organization Structure; Organizational Structure; Health Care and Treatment; Perception; Perspective; Health Industry; United States
Kerrissey, Michaela J., Jonathan Clark, Mark Friedberg, Wei Jiang, Ashley Kay Fryer, Molly Frean, Stephen Shortell, Patricia Ramsay, Lawrence Casalino, and Sara J. Singer. "Medical Group Structural Integration May Not Ensure That Care Is Integrated, From The Patient's Perspective." Health Affairs 36, no. 5 (May 2017): 885–892. (Awarded Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.)
- September 2022
- Article
Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring Use in Traditional Medicare
By: Mitchell Tang, Carter Nakamoto, Ariel Dora Stern and Ateev Mehrotra
Remote patient monitoring (RPM), the collection by patients of physiological measurements that are automatically sent to their health care practitioners, has been touted as a promising tool for improving chronic disease management. Interest in RPM has grown because of... View Details
Tang, Mitchell, Carter Nakamoto, Ariel Dora Stern, and Ateev Mehrotra. "Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring Use in Traditional Medicare." JAMA Internal Medicine 182, no. 9 (September 2022): 1005–1006.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Diagnosing Quality: Learning, Amenities, and the Demand for Health Care
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Emilio Gutierrez, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
We study the role of amenities in increasing demand for underutilized healthcare services. We evaluate the offer of a high-amenity diagnostic consultation for cataracts with a randomized price and find that a lower price for the high-amenity consultation increases... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Demand; Amenities; Health Care Quality; Cataracts; Surgery; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Quality; Learning; Mexico
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Emilio Gutierrez, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Diagnosing Quality: Learning, Amenities, and the Demand for Health Care." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-110, March 2021.